County profile
Pocahontas County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2224 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$641.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,934
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
200
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,819
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
18.7%±2.5%
Poverty rate
10.3%±2.6%
Business applications
77 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
39.0/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Wholesale trade21%
Health care17%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation6%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,819
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $61.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−190
International migration+94
Natural change−157
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$539.7M2019
$474.0M2020
$605.2M2021
$718.8M2022
$645.0M2023
$641.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$98.1k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$832/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
17.8%±3.2%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Hail 63Cold wave 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1552017
1472018
1582019
1612020
1732021
2012022
2082023
2912024
2302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
12022
22023
52024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
93.2 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
10.3 km
UP
Nearest port
143.3 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
44.7 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.2k
avg. annual pay · +4% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pocahontas?
Pocahontas's economy produced $641.7M in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% 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.