County profile
Mitchell County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1851 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$994.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,334
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
302
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,650
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$71.4k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±2.8%
Poverty rate
9.5%±2.4%
Business applications
83 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
43.4/10k 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
Manufacturing43%
Health care21%
Retail trade12%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,650
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $98.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+57
International migration+114
Natural change−111
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$693.7M2019
$608.9M2020
$788.0M2021
$935.6M2022
$1.0B2023
$994.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.1k±$14.4k
Median gross rent
$738/mo±$66/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±2.4%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$9.7M
37 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 97Drought 90Hail 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2142016
2202017
2322018
2462019
2482020
2792021
3052022
3422023
3472024
3792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -51% since 2021762021
472022
442023
442024
372025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
6.9 km
CN
Nearest port
118.7 km
Winona Port Authority, MN
Nearest commercial airport
49.1 km
MASON CITY MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.2k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mitchell?
Mitchell's economy produced $994.8M in 2024, contracting 2.5% year over year — slower than 86% 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.