County profile
Clayton County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1707 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,999
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
487
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,845
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
14.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
10.9%±1.6%
Business applications
158 · 2025
Retail establishments
79
46.5/10k 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
Health care26%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade18%
Construction13%
Wholesale trade11%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,845
residents · 2025 · -1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $68.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−59
International migration+46
Natural change−160
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$904.0M2019
$859.4M2020
$988.9M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.5k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±2.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$19.2M
55 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 91Hail 82Drought 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1692016
1672017
1792018
1822019
1882020
1972021
2372022
2322023
2682024
2732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 38% since 2021402021
362022
282023
552024
552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
78.6 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
16.9 km
CPKC
Nearest port
17.5 km
CONSOLIDATED TERMINALS AND LOGISTICS CO. (CTLC) CLAYTON TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
71.4 km
DUBUQUE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clayton?
Clayton's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.