County profile
Davis County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2533 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$407.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,619
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
179
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,230
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$77.2k±$9.6k
Bachelor's degree+
17.1%±2.4%
Poverty rate
7.2%±3.2%
Business applications
92 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
36.0/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing14%
Wholesale trade9%
Transportation8%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,230
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $57.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−311
International migration+89
Natural change+331
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$269.8M2019
$265.2M2020
$320.3M2021
$389.1M2022
$391.2M2023
$407.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.9k±$12.9k
Median gross rent
$868/mo±$94/mo
Vacancy rate
11.4%±3.7%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$256.1k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 99Landslide 79Heat wave 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1662017
1542018
1662019
1672020
1822021
2142022
2042023
2462024
2802025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -98% since 2021572021
12022
22023
32024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
105.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
23.8 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
88.1 km
COLUSA RIVER TERMINAL, ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
73.6 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Davis?
Davis's economy produced $407.3M in 2024, growing 4.1% 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.