County profile
Jefferson County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1912 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$911.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,922
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
608
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,291
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$61.6k±$10.4k
Bachelor's degree+
43.2%±4.2%
Poverty rate
15.2%±3.5%
Business applications
266 · 2025
Retail establishments
86
55.8/10k 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
Finance & insurance23%
Retail trade20%
Education16%
Manufacturing16%
Health care13%
Professional services12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,291
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,069
International migration+922
Natural change−275
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$740.4M2019
$721.2M2020
$839.5M2021
$931.0M2022
$925.7M2023
$911.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.4k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$883/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±2.8%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$447.0k
2 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Heat wave 80Hail 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1862016
1992017
1972018
2102019
2062020
2312021
2532022
2522023
2872024
2882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -88% since 2021172021
132022
92023
12024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
67.5 km
HYDRO MERSCHMAN, MONTROSE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
74.5 km
SOUTHEAST IOWA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $911.3M in 2024, contracting 1.6% year over year — slower than 84% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is finance & insurance.
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.