Places/IA/Chickasaw County, IA
County profile

Chickasaw County, IA

United States · GDP 2024
#1773 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,157
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
353
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,663
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$75.7k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
21.2%±2.8%
Poverty rate
8.8%±2.6%
Business applications
103 · 2025
Retail establishments
43
36.7/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing49%
Health care13%
Retail trade12%
Wholesale trade12%
Construction7%
Food & accommodation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
11,663
residents · 2025 · -2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $96.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration416
International migration+211
Natural change132

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$655.0M
2019
$627.0M
2020
$832.5M
2021
$993.4M
2022
$1.0B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$182.6k±$18.2k
Median gross rent
$738/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±2.7%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$4.1M
8 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 87Hail 80Tornado 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
203
2016
205
2017
210
2018
233
2019
229
2020
251
2021
285
2022
306
2023
321
2024
332
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-38% since 2021
13
2021
21
2022
3
2023
5
2024
8
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
65.0 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
CPKC
Nearest port
93.3 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MCGREGOR RIVER TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.2 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$54.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Chickasaw?

Chickasaw's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.