Places/IA/Monona County, IA
County profile

Monona County, IA

United States · GDP 2024
#2455 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$462.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,935
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
228
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,539
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$68.4k±$6.7k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
10.6%±3.0%
Business applications
76 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
48.3/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Health care37%
Retail trade25%
Wholesale trade11%
Food & accommodation11%
Arts & recreation10%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
8,539
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $60.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration22
International migration+9
Natural change194

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$329.2M
2019
$317.9M
2020
$413.1M
2021
$465.5M
2022
$493.7M
2023
$462.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.9k±$13.9k
Median gross rent
$855/mo±$72/mo
Vacancy rate
11.3%±2.3%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$2.9M
7 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 89Hail 83Landslide 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
159
2016
167
2017
166
2018
169
2019
174
2020
193
2021
224
2022
256
2023
244
2024
269
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-42% since 2021
12
2021
18
2022
14
2023
3
2024
7
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.0 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
11.4 km
UP
Nearest port
20.5 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
52.3 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$44.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Monona?

Monona's economy produced $462.0M in 2024, contracting 6.4% year over yearamong the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.