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 · 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
Manufacturing34%
Health care20%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,002
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $55.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+68
International migration+77
Natural change−576
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.7B2021
$2.8B2022
$2.9B2023
$3.0B2024
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 · 2016–2025
2342016
2412017
2462018
2552019
2612020
2822021
3192022
3292023
3462024
3642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 27% since 2021672021
592022
852023
1172024
852025
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 · 2019–2023$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clinton?
Clinton's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower 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.