County profile
Mahaska County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1698 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,582
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
538
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,880
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$70.9k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.1%±2.2%
Poverty rate
12.6%±1.9%
Business applications
192 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
34.2/10k 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
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
$911.4M2019
$879.0M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
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
$11.9M
66 units · 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
2402016
2482017
2602018
2672019
2732020
2982021
3372022
3662023
4082024
4172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 164% since 2021252021
122022
102023
162024
662025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.2 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
UP
Nearest port
131.0 km
MONSANTO CO., MUSCATINE PLANT BARGE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
88.0 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mahaska?
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.