County profile
Ida County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2080 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$745.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,275
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
244
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,777
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$6.8k
Bachelor's degree+
21.6%±2.8%
Poverty rate
11.3%±2.5%
Business applications
42 · 2025
Retail establishments
37
54.7/10k 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
Manufacturing54%
Health care14%
Retail trade14%
Wholesale trade7%
Finance & insurance6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,777
residents · 2025 · -3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $69.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−119
International migration+46
Natural change−171
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$559.7M2019
$624.5M2020
$721.4M2021
$779.7M2022
$752.0M2023
$745.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$108.9k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$696/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
9.5%±3.3%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$841.7k
2 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 81Drought 78Tornado 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1722017
1732018
1752019
1802020
1802021
2302022
2242023
2492024
2262025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -87% since 2021152021
62022
22023
22024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
62.3 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
5.1 km
CN
Nearest port
71.5 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.5 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ida?
Ida's economy produced $745.6M in 2024, contracting 0.8% year over year — slower than 82% 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.