County profile
Grundy County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2099 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$731.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,942
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
299
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,361
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$87.2k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
27.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
6.5%±1.4%
Business applications
107 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
28.3/10k 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
Construction25%
Health care24%
Retail trade15%
Manufacturing15%
Wholesale trade11%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,361
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $64.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+50
International migration+70
Natural change−104
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$522.5M2019
$537.4M2020
$692.7M2021
$766.8M2022
$747.7M2023
$731.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.8k±$10.5k
Median gross rent
$774/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
6.9%±1.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$7.6M
20 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 89Hail 70Winter weather 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2372016
2582017
2562018
2642019
2752020
2902021
3352022
3462023
3892024
3962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 11% since 2021182021
232022
212023
112024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.4 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
19.7 km
CN
Nearest port
146.0 km
CONSOLIDATED TERMINALS AND LOGISTICS CO. (CTLC) CLAYTON TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
36.5 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Grundy?
Grundy's economy produced $731.7M in 2024, contracting 2.1% year over year — slower than 86% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.