County profile
Muscatine County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#928 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,519
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
949
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
41,853
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$69.4k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±2.1%
Poverty rate
13.7%±1.7%
Business applications
363 · 2025
Retail establishments
129
30.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1HNI CorporationConsumer Cyclical$2.8B64CHQ-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
Manufacturing46%
Retail trade16%
Management11%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
41,853
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $60.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,664
International migration+484
Natural change−121
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.6B2020
$2.8B2021
$3.1B2022
$3.1B2023
$3.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$182.1k±$10.2k
Median gross rent
$971/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
6.0%±1.7%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$21.0M
119 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 92Strong wind 92Drought 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2962016
3042017
3172018
3232019
3312020
3592021
3952022
4122023
4462024
4582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 20211992021
112022
242023
772024
1192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
8.0 km
CPKC
Nearest port
9.0 km
MUSCATINE PUBLIC LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
50.5 km
QUAD CITIES INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Muscatine?
Muscatine's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.