County profile
Franklin County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2034 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$789.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,139
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
285
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,868
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$59.9k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±2.5%
Poverty rate
13.6%±3.2%
Business applications
78 · 2025
Retail establishments
32
32.1/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Health care21%
Wholesale trade14%
Retail trade13%
Construction9%
Management6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,868
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $65.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−210
International migration+187
Natural change−106
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$584.7M2019
$563.9M2020
$730.4M2021
$844.9M2022
$786.3M2023
$789.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$124.1k±$15.8k
Median gross rent
$696/mo±$106/mo
Vacancy rate
9.9%±3.2%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
3 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Hail 54Cold wave 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2512016
2182017
2452018
2532019
2632020
2762021
3232022
3432023
3482024
3482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 50% since 202122021
52022
32023
52024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.6 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
UP
Nearest port
173.4 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MCGREGOR RIVER TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
47.6 km
MASON CITY MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Franklin?
Franklin's economy produced $789.8M in 2024, growing 0.4% year over year — slower than 78% 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.