County profile
Mills County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2219 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$645.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,291
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
331
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,793
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$90.8k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
31.0%±3.1%
Poverty rate
8.2%±1.7%
Business applications
175 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
27.8/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing14%
Construction14%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,793
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $68.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+463
International migration+13
Natural change−94
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$633.0M2019
$565.0M2020
$672.7M2021
$654.3M2022
$644.6M2023
$645.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$237.8k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$959/mo±$96/mo
Vacancy rate
12.1%±2.5%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$6.2M
25 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 78Hail 73Drought 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2022016
2082017
2252018
2362019
2442020
2662021
3102022
3282023
3472024
3592025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 9% since 2021232021
112022
292023
402024
252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.9 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
21.7 km
HAVEMAN GRAIN CO ROCK BLUFF GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
37.7 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mills?
Mills's economy produced $645.3M in 2024, growing 0.1% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.