Places/IA/Muscatine County, IA
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1HNI CorporationConsumer Cyclical$2.8B64C

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
Manufacturing46%
Retail trade16%
Management11%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
41,853
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $60.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration1,664
International migration+484
Natural change121

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.7B
2019
$2.6B
2020
$2.8B
2021
$3.1B
2022
$3.1B
2023
$3.2B
2024

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 · 20162025
296
2016
304
2017
317
2018
323
2019
331
2020
359
2021
395
2022
412
2023
446
2024
458
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-40% since 2021
199
2021
11
2022
24
2023
77
2024
119
2025

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
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$60.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Muscatine?

Muscatine's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over yearabout 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.