County profile
Delaware County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1660 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,906
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
522
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,674
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$75.0k±$6.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±2.8%
Poverty rate
7.8%±1.5%
Business applications
146 · 2025
Retail establishments
64
36.4/10k 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
Manufacturing42%
Health care22%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation8%
Wholesale trade7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,674
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $63.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+217
International migration+13
Natural change−7
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$904.6M2019
$924.9M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$177.9k±$16.5k
Median gross rent
$764/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±2.6%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$8.2M
33 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 86Drought 81Strong wind 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2062016
2202017
2302018
2342019
2362020
2492021
2862022
3072023
3422024
3492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 2021482021
352022
302023
522024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.3 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
CN
Nearest port
40.5 km
ARTCO FLEETING SERVICES CASSVILLE TERMINAL SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
54.5 km
DUBUQUE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Delaware?
Delaware's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 4.8% 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.