County profile
Dickinson County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1501 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,749
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
784
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,077
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$75.4k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
31.2%±2.4%
Poverty rate
7.6%±1.7%
Business applications
228 · 2025
Retail establishments
105
58.1/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care17%
Construction7%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,077
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $84.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+615
International migration+52
Natural change−363
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$270.7k±$17.3k
Median gross rent
$922/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
37.7%±2.1%
Affordability
6.0× wages
Residential permits
$59.8M
117 units · 6.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 84Ice storm 70Hail 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2772016
2852017
2932018
3022019
3062020
3332021
3752022
4282023
4582024
4882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -70% since 20213852021
4342022
3542023
2922024
1172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.9 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
144.9 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
120.6 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.1k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dickinson?
Dickinson's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 9.6% year over year — faster than 90% of 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.