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Iowa

United States · GDP 2024
#1648 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
GDP growth
+0.7%
Jobs tracked
7,366
Employers
459
Avg. wage
$49.0k
Population
16,504
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$71.2k±$4.1k
Business applications
159 · 2025

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
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
$1.1B
2019
$1.0B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024

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
9 (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
214
2016
219
2017
226
2018
237
2019
244
2020
260
2021
269
2022
325
2023
327
2024
331
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
West Feliciana$1.3BMarion$1.3BHart$1.3BFreestone$1.3BLogan$1.3BIosco$1.3B
The read

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.
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