County profile
Jackson County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1916 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$906.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,717
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
515
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,288
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$74.2k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
19.5%±2.2%
Poverty rate
9.7%±1.8%
Business applications
155 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
36.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1CybeRecord, Inc.Technology———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
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing23%
Health care16%
Transportation14%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,288
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $59.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−21
International migration+52
Natural change−182
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$658.3M2019
$699.3M2020
$756.4M2021
$838.8M2022
$855.2M2023
$906.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.0k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$807/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±2.0%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$9.5M
32 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Hail 83Drought 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2422016
2492017
2672018
2732019
2782020
3012021
3432022
3962023
3802024
4242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021322021
242022
202023
232024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
15.2 km
CPKC
Nearest port
29.8 km
RENTECH NITROGEN LLC
Nearest commercial airport
27.9 km
DUBUQUE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $906.7M in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.