County profile
Humboldt County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2279 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$598.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,111
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
305
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,409
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$71.9k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±2.6%
Poverty rate
12.9%±2.8%
Business applications
98 · 2025
Retail establishments
36
37.9/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade21%
Health care17%
Wholesale trade12%
Construction8%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,409
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $60.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−216
International migration+79
Natural change−55
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$473.5M2019
$446.7M2020
$533.9M2021
$580.3M2022
$588.0M2023
$598.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.8k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$744/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±1.9%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$5.9M
14 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Hail 63Cold wave 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2042016
2262017
2302018
2352019
2342020
2572021
2992022
3052023
2932024
3022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 2021122021
132022
162023
52024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
57.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
9.0 km
UP
Nearest port
181.9 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
25.1 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Humboldt?
Humboldt's economy produced $598.2M in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 72% 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.