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Mahaska

United States · GDP 2024
#1698 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
7,582
Employers
538
Avg. wage
$53.4k
Population
21,880
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$70.9k±$4.8k
Business applications
192 · 2025

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
Manufacturing44%
Retail trade17%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation9%
Education9%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,880
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $57.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−222
International migration+128
Natural change−162

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$911.4M
2019
$879.0M
2020
$1.0B
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.8k±$8.1k
Median gross rent
$793/mo±$80/mo
Vacancy rate
10.1%±2.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
66 (3.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
29.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$947/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 84Strong wind 69Hail 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
240
2016
248
2017
260
2018
267
2019
273
2020
298
2021
337
2022
366
2023
408
2024
417
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Marion$1.2BMonroe$1.2BRenville$1.2BAshley$1.2BOrange$1.2BRichland$1.2B
The read

Mahaska's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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