Places/IA/Clinton County, IA
County profile

Clinton County, IA

United States · GDP 2024
#992 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,170
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,122
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,002
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$67.0k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
22.4%±1.7%
Poverty rate
13.2%±1.8%
Business applications
414 · 2025
Retail establishments
155
33.7/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Health care20%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
46,002
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $55.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+68
International migration+77
Natural change576

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.3B
2019
$2.3B
2020
$2.7B
2021
$2.8B
2022
$2.9B
2023
$3.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.6k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$850/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
9.6%±1.7%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$22.8M
85 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 93Drought 92Hail 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
234
2016
241
2017
246
2018
255
2019
261
2020
282
2021
319
2022
329
2023
346
2024
364
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
27% since 2021
67
2021
59
2022
85
2023
117
2024
85
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.5 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
9.2 km
UP
Nearest port
25.3 km
WESTWAY TRADING CORP., CORDOVA TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
50.0 km
QUAD CITIES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Clinton?

Clinton's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over yearslower than 69% 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.