County profile
Montgomery County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2337 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$557.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,420
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
294
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,002
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$63.7k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.4%±2.9%
Poverty rate
15.3%±3.3%
Business applications
104 · 2025
Retail establishments
39
38.8/10k 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
Health care29%
Manufacturing27%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation10%
Wholesale trade8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,002
residents · 2025 · -3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $54.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−15
International migration+21
Natural change−342
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$444.0M2019
$441.9M2020
$523.3M2021
$561.7M2022
$558.0M2023
$557.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.4k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$814/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
8.4%±3.0%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$5.6M
29 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 83Hail 72Heat wave 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1912016
1992017
2072018
2232019
2172020
2442021
2852022
3022023
3432024
3972025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 383% since 202162021
102022
92023
132024
292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
52.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
3.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
58.5 km
HAVEMAN GRAIN CO ROCK BLUFF GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
68.8 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Montgomery?
Montgomery's economy produced $557.2M in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% of 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.