County profile
Lucas County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2604 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$362.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,663
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
187
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,847
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$61.8k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±2.5%
Poverty rate
14.9%±3.5%
Business applications
80 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
32.9/10k 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
Transportation72%
Health care10%
Retail trade9%
Manufacturing3%
Finance & insurance3%
Food & accommodation2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,847
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $53.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+150
International migration+112
Natural change−30
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$323.6M2019
$339.2M2020
$367.3M2021
$367.1M2022
$355.5M2023
$362.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$120.2k±$19.5k
Median gross rent
$709/mo±$130/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±2.5%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$650.0k
2 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$975/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 94Landslide 74Hail 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1322016
1362017
1382018
1452019
1492020
1652021
2112022
2272023
2302024
2512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 202142021
342022
02023
292024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.3 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
170.5 km
HYDRO MERSCHMAN, MONTROSE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
62.7 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.2k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lucas?
Lucas's economy produced $362.4M in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.