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County profile
Cherokee County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1776 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,505
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
340
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,369
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.2%
Median HH income
$71.3k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.4%±2.7%
Poverty rate
12.1%±3.5%
Business applications
115 · 2025
Retail establishments
42
36.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Transportation31%
Health care27%
Retail trade16%
Manufacturing11%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,369
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $86.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+15
International migration+86
Natural change−370
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$637.0M2019
$656.4M2020
$834.5M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.7k±$15.2k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±2.9%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$10.9M
56 units · 4.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 89Drought 80Winter weather 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2062016
2202017
2302018
2382019
2382020
2522021
2982022
3102023
3392024
3542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 833% since 202162021
92022
82023
712024
562025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
68.6 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
5.2 km
CN
Nearest port
70.4 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
72.5 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.9k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Cherokee?
Cherokee's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 7.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.