Places/IA/Harrison County, IA
County profile

Harrison County, IA

United States · GDP 2024
#2180 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$674.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,968
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
338
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,623
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$79.5k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
22.0%±2.0%
Poverty rate
7.1%±1.6%
Business applications
157 · 2025
Retail establishments
37
25.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Health care26%
Wholesale trade23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation11%
Manufacturing11%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
14,623
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $61.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+281
International migration+10
Natural change219

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$466.6M
2019
$451.1M
2020
$594.0M
2021
$686.9M
2022
$701.5M
2023
$674.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$176.0k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$849/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
9.1%±1.7%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$6.9M
20 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Hail 86Landslide 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
219
2016
236
2017
236
2018
253
2019
260
2020
281
2021
337
2022
356
2023
389
2024
377
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
43% since 2021
14
2021
52
2022
25
2023
37
2024
20
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.2 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
4.4 km
UP
Nearest port
27.6 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.8 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$48.4k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Harrison?

Harrison's economy produced $674.6M in 2024, contracting 3.8% year over yearslower than 89% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.