County profile
Lyon County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1558 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+19.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,746
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
402
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,354
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$76.7k±$7.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.4%±2.4%
Poverty rate
5.3%±1.3%
Business applications
130 · 2025
Retail establishments
47
37.9/10k 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
Food & accommodation24%
Health care22%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade14%
Wholesale trade10%
Information9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,354
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $75.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+163
International migration+95
Natural change+175
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$814.8M2019
$860.6M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$230.0k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$843/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
8.0%±2.4%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$16.4M
41 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 89Drought 72Winter weather 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2322016
2552017
2582018
2662019
2752020
2832021
3342022
3542023
4102024
4142025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 2021352021
342022
252023
632024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
8.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
105.9 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
48.5 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lyon?
Lyon's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 19.6% year over year — faster than 98% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.