County profile
Iowa County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1648 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,366
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
459
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,504
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$71.2k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
24.8%±3.1%
Poverty rate
8.9%±1.8%
Business applications
159 · 2025
Retail establishments
86
52.2/10k 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
Manufacturing60%
Retail trade14%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation6%
Construction4%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,504
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $63.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−82
International migration−3
Natural change−80
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$193.9k±$9.0k
Median gross rent
$686/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±1.7%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$2.2M
9 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 82Drought 75Hail 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2142016
2192017
2262018
2372019
2442020
2602021
2692022
3252023
3272024
3312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 2021132021
132022
122023
132024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.2 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
11.1 km
IAIS
Nearest port
89.2 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MUSCATINE GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
36.7 km
THE EASTERN IOWA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Iowa?
Iowa's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 0.7% year over year — slower than 77% 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.