Places/IA/Jones County, IA
County profile

Jones County, IA

United States · GDP 2024
#1971 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$858.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,620
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
514
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,253
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$73.5k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
22.0%±2.4%
Poverty rate
12.0%±2.4%
Business applications
198 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
33.1/10k pop

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
Manufacturing27%
Health care21%
Retail trade20%
Construction12%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
21,253
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $56.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+713
International migration+22
Natural change136

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$654.5M
2019
$665.5M
2020
$776.3M
2021
$854.2M
2022
$869.9M
2023
$858.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$184.8k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$784/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
7.8%±2.0%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$6.9M
18 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 76Strong wind 74Hail 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
214
2016
223
2017
233
2018
243
2019
246
2020
271
2021
295
2022
324
2023
331
2024
342
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
50% since 2021
12
2021
22
2022
35
2023
20
2024
18
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.6 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
25.4 km
UP
Nearest port
56.0 km
ARTCO FLEETING SERVICES, MINES OF SPAIN FLEET
Nearest commercial airport
46.7 km
DUBUQUE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$48.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Jones?

Jones's economy produced $858.3M in 2024, contracting 1.3% year over yearslower than 84% 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.