County profile
Palo Alto County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2031 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$796.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,881
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
272
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,899
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$72.8k±$7.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.0%±2.5%
Poverty rate
11.6%±2.7%
Business applications
55 · 2025
Retail establishments
37
41.6/10k 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%
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction7%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,899
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $65.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−14
International migration+28
Natural change−105
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$515.4M2019
$471.9M2020
$632.6M2021
$808.7M2022
$708.6M2023
$796.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$123.2k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$638/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
16.6%±3.0%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$2.1M
6 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 83Hail 78Cold wave 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1732016
1822017
1892018
1832019
1962020
2142021
2342022
2452023
2642024
2982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 200% since 202122021
202022
172023
102024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
64.1 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
UP
Nearest port
156.5 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.2 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Palo Alto?
Palo Alto's economy produced $796.3M in 2024, growing 12.4% year over year — faster than 95% 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.