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Des Moines

United States · GDP 2024
#995 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
GDP growth
+6.5%
Jobs tracked
18,107
Employers
1,065
Avg. wage
$50.7k
Population
38,077
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$62.9k±$3.4k
Business applications
396 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$12.0M40D

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
Manufacturing32%
Health care22%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction6%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,077
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $64.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−387
International migration+297
Natural change−670

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B
2019
$2.3B
2020
$2.5B
2021
$2.6B
2022
$2.7B
2023
$2.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$136.5k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$904/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
8.6%±1.7%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
81 (2.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
55.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 90Strong wind 85Drought 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
226
2016
232
2017
236
2018
240
2019
240
2020
250
2021
281
2022
286
2023
315
2024
327
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.3 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
10.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
11.9 km
L. W. MATTESON, BURLINGTON DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
16.3 km
SOUTHEAST IOWA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.7k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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Stephens$2.9BBedford$2.9BChatham$2.9BClay$2.9BDuplin$2.9BLaurens$2.9B
The read

Des Moines's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most 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.
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