County profile
Fremont County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2553 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$394.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,508
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
190
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,522
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$71.6k±$5.6k
Bachelor's degree+
20.8%±2.6%
Poverty rate
7.7%±1.6%
Business applications
67 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
44.7/10k 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
Retail trade31%
Manufacturing22%
Health care17%
Transportation10%
Food & accommodation10%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,522
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $62.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+72
International migration+1
Natural change−130
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$339.3M2019
$316.9M2020
$425.7M2021
$437.5M2022
$434.5M2023
$394.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.4k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$746/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
9.7%±2.3%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$4.9M
15 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 80Landslide 69Hail 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1242016
1342017
1442018
1552019
1542020
1772021
1992022
2142023
2282024
2292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 36% since 2021112021
72022
132023
52024
152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.0 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
10.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
21.1 km
DEBRUCE GRAIN NEBRASKA CITY ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
66.5 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fremont?
Fremont's economy produced $394.1M in 2024, contracting 9.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.