County profile
Marion County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1008 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,934
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
859
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,192
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$78.7k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
32.1%±2.6%
Poverty rate
8.2%±1.3%
Business applications
370 · 2025
Retail establishments
124
36.5/10k 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
Manufacturing56%
Health care14%
Retail trade11%
Food & accommodation7%
Education7%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,192
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $66.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+919
International migration+93
Natural change−232
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.6B2022
$2.9B2023
$2.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$233.0k±$9.8k
Median gross rent
$884/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±1.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$75.9M
339 units · 9.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 88Landslide 73Tornado 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3592016
3822017
4002018
4232019
4252020
4662021
5352022
5712023
6002024
6382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 123% since 20211522021
832022
1192023
1072024
3392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
165.6 km
HYDRO MERSCHMAN, MONTROSE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
52.0 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.3k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marion?
Marion's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 0.1% year over year — slower than 79% 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.