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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#92 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$63.8B
GDP growth
+7.2%
Jobs tracked
295,413
Employers
13,890
Avg. wage
$70.1k
Population
516,546
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$83.6k±$1.3k
Business applications
7,953 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Casey's General Stores, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$17.6B74B2Principal Financial Group, Inc.Financial Services$15.6B65B3F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.Financial Services$5.7B39D4Gooi Global, Inc.Financial Services$1.5M——5West Bancorporation, Inc.Financial Services———

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 care23%
Finance & insurance22%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation14%
Professional services12%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
516,546
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $69.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,974
International migration+11,325
Natural change+10,393

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$46.8B
2019
$49.1B
2020
$55.0B
2021
$56.8B
2022
$59.6B
2023
$63.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$262.1k±$3.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
6.0%±0.5%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
4,730 (9.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
92.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 99Tornado 98Hail 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
438
2016
460
2017
480
2018
495
2019
505
2020
551
2021
620
2022
666
2023
697
2024
709
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.2 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
UP
Nearest port
199.9 km
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL TERMINALS HEARTLAND TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
18.4 km
DES MOINES INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

17 filings from 4 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KF&G Annuities & Life, Inc.06-25
8-KCasey's General Stores, Inc.06-24
10-KCasey's General Stores, Inc.06-22
8-KF&G Annuities & Life, Inc.06-16
8-KCasey's General Stores, Inc.06-09
8-KCasey's General Stores, Inc.06-08
8-KPrincipal Financial Group, Inc.06-01
8-KPrincipal Financial Group, Inc.05-20
10-QF&G Annuities & Life, Inc.05-07
8-KF&G Annuities & Life, Inc.05-06
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$70.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fresno$64.2BDenton$64.3BNew Haven$64.4BWashington$63.2BKern$63.1BDane$62.8B
The read

Polk's economy produced $63.8B in 2024, growing 7.2% year over year — faster than most 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.
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