County profile
Dallas County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#408 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$11.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
46,640
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,521
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$74.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
118,457
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$102.4k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
51.5%±2.2%
Poverty rate
6.3%±1.1%
Business applications
1,508 · 2025
Retail establishments
312
27.2/10k 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
Finance & insurance40%
Retail trade19%
Health care13%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support11%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
118,457
residents · 2025 · +17.8% since 2020
Income per capita $85.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+12,064
International migration+2,077
Natural change+3,727
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.3B2019
$7.0B2020
$7.8B2021
$9.2B2022
$10.3B2023
$11.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$355.6k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
5.2%±1.1%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$303.2M
875 units · 7.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Tornado 85Hail 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2662016
2762017
2822018
2892019
2902020
3122021
3582022
3822023
3932024
3982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 20211,4812021
1,4612022
1,4212023
1,5132024
8752025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.3 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
162.1 km
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL TERMINALS HEARTLAND TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.5 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$74.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dallas?
Dallas's economy produced $11.1B in 2024, growing 7.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is finance & insurance.
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.