County profile
Monroe County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2249 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$619.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,403
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
183
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,406
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$71.0k±$9.9k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±4.5%
Poverty rate
9.2%±2.9%
Business applications
81 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
32.5/10k 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
Manufacturing45%
Health care19%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation8%
Admin & support6%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,406
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $60.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+10
International migration−10
Natural change−195
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$428.1M2019
$435.2M2020
$519.9M2021
$571.9M2022
$612.3M2023
$619.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$156.3k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$798/mo±$171/mo
Vacancy rate
15.5%±3.9%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
12 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 90Landslide 70Heat wave 42
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1482016
1512017
1522018
1592019
1702020
1792021
2072022
2062023
2022024
2232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 20% since 2021102021
132022
142023
82024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.6 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
133.9 km
HYDRO MERSCHMAN, MONTROSE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
86.9 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.6k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Monroe?
Monroe's economy produced $619.0M in 2024, growing 1.1% year over year — slower than 75% 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.