County profile
Henry County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1723 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,726
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
482
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,349
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$67.4k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.0%±3.1%
Poverty rate
12.0%±1.9%
Business applications
165 · 2025
Retail establishments
58
29.9/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care21%
Transportation19%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation8%
Education6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,349
residents · 2025 · -5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−855
International migration+58
Natural change−326
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$942.9M2019
$973.1M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.3k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$820/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
9.5%±2.4%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$9.7M
32 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
30.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$939/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 81Strong wind 80Hail 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2172016
2272017
2342018
2342019
2412020
2582021
2652022
3042023
3242024
3152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 2021392021
482022
412023
362024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
76.3 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
41.0 km
L. W. MATTESON, BURLINGTON DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
41.9 km
SOUTHEAST IOWA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Henry?
Henry's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, contracting 0.4% year over year — slower than 81% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.