County profile
Marshall County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1167 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,187
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
786
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
39,890
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$73.3k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±1.8%
Poverty rate
11.2%±2.1%
Business applications
285 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
26.4/10k 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%
Health care18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation11%
Real estate6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,890
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $51.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,137
International migration+1,192
Natural change−265
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$145.5k±$6.3k
Median gross rent
$885/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±1.7%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$11.3M
33 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$959/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Strong wind 86Winter weather 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3122016
3252017
3432018
3532019
3602020
3902021
4312022
4682023
5032024
5232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 2021612021
1032022
942023
372024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.3 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
UP
Nearest port
175.4 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MUSCATINE GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
76.1 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.1k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marshall?
Marshall's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 73% 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.