County profile
Plymouth County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1286 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,405
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
667
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$61.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,697
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$83.3k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
21.7%±2.1%
Poverty rate
6.9%±1.5%
Business applications
214 · 2025
Retail establishments
82
31.9/10k 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
Manufacturing42%
Transportation16%
Health care13%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation9%
Management6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,697
residents · 2025 · +0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $69.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−295
International migration+236
Natural change+57
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.7B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$228.9k±$9.6k
Median gross rent
$910/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±1.6%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$17.3M
45 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$980/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 94Drought 90Landslide 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2852016
2932017
3052018
3162019
3192020
3442021
3892022
4242023
4382024
4572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021452021
372022
432023
1462024
452025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.5 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
UP
Nearest port
36.1 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
39.9 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$61.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Plymouth?
Plymouth's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 1.0% year over year — slower than 76% of 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.