County profile
Hardin County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1734 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,845
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
499
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,455
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$65.1k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
21.9%±2.2%
Poverty rate
9.7%±2.0%
Business applications
159 · 2025
Retail establishments
64
38.9/10k 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 trade25%
Manufacturing23%
Health care22%
Construction12%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,455
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $67.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−133
International migration+210
Natural change−453
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$823.3M2019
$777.1M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.5k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$795/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
12.1%±2.1%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$6.7M
18 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Drought 96Tornado 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2032016
2122017
2142018
2242019
2282020
2402021
2772022
2932023
3112024
3052025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 125% since 202182021
82022
52023
282024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
10.4 km
IARR
Nearest port
181.2 km
CONSOLIDATED TERMINALS AND LOGISTICS CO. (CTLC) CLAYTON TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
71.5 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.8k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hardin?
Hardin's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% 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.