County profile
O'Brien County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1666 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,332
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
488
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,220
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.2%
Median HH income
$68.4k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.0%±2.7%
Poverty rate
13.3%±2.7%
Business applications
106 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
52.9/10k 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 care30%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing19%
Wholesale trade13%
Transportation11%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,220
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $67.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−80
International migration+233
Natural change−87
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$884.0M2019
$884.0M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.1k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$868/mo±$94/mo
Vacancy rate
11.5%±3.5%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$9.5M
18 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 82Drought 67Winter weather 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2242016
2422017
2442018
2612019
2622020
2852021
3172022
3492023
3652024
3872025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -28% since 2021252021
242022
662023
92024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
61.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
10.8 km
CPKC
Nearest port
94.8 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
98.0 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of O'Brien?
O'Brien's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 9.8% year over year — faster than 90% 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.