County profile
Clarke County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2227 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$638.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,560
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
188
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,574
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$71.6k±$7.2k
Bachelor's degree+
16.0%±3.5%
Poverty rate
9.7%±2.8%
Business applications
103 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
27.1/10k 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
Manufacturing43%
Retail trade19%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation6%
Wholesale trade3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,574
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $53.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−244
International migration+92
Natural change−15
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$416.9M2019
$425.9M2020
$474.7M2021
$570.7M2022
$576.7M2023
$638.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.1k±$25.8k
Median gross rent
$931/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
10.0%±4.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$19.1M
138 units · 14.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Landslide 67Cold wave 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1352016
1402017
1522018
1512019
1562020
1702021
1912022
2142023
2292024
2262025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 15% since 20211202021
1292022
1292023
1252024
1382025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
169.2 km
HOLLIDAY SAND AND GRAVEL CO ST. JOSEPH PLANT & DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.1 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clarke?
Clarke's economy produced $638.9M in 2024, growing 10.8% year over year — faster than 93% of 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.