County profile
Crawford County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1751 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,121
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
415
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,237
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$67.0k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.7%±2.2%
Poverty rate
14.8%±2.9%
Business applications
122 · 2025
Retail establishments
51
31.3/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care21%
Retail trade18%
Transportation8%
Food & accommodation8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,237
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $56.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−876
International migration+392
Natural change+243
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$780.1M2019
$767.5M2020
$936.0M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.7k±$12.6k
Median gross rent
$743/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
7.8%±2.5%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$6.4M
19 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Tornado 82Landslide 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2002016
2102017
2182018
2182019
2222020
2392021
2802022
3172023
3052024
3392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 217% since 202162021
182022
162023
162024
192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
60.0 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
CN
Nearest port
63.6 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
92.0 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.7k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Crawford?
Crawford's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about 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.