County profile
Guthrie County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2073 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$752.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+11.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,392
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
313
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,782
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$77.7k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
25.0%±2.7%
Poverty rate
9.9%±1.9%
Business applications
100 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
32.8/10k 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 trade27%
Health care25%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction13%
Manufacturing12%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,782
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $72.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+317
International migration+66
Natural change−204
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$436.2M2019
$480.0M2020
$586.8M2021
$681.4M2022
$677.4M2023
$752.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$180.1k±$14.2k
Median gross rent
$845/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
20.8%±3.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$14.8M
33 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Landslide 74Tornado 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2032016
2242017
2322018
2342019
2452020
2652021
3092022
3182023
3502024
3542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 120% since 2021152021
162022
202023
262024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
15.4 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
125.2 km
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL TERMINALS HEARTLAND TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.7 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.2k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Guthrie?
Guthrie's economy produced $752.5M in 2024, growing 11.1% year over year — faster than 93% of 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.