County profile
Pottawattamie County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#629 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
32,384
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,920
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
92,996
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$73.6k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
23.6%±1.2%
Poverty rate
12.1%±1.1%
Business applications
954 · 2025
Retail establishments
255
27.3/10k 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
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing22%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation20%
Transportation8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
92,996
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $62.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−441
International migration+661
Natural change−904
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.6B2019
$4.4B2020
$4.9B2021
$5.5B2022
$5.9B2023
$6.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$195.7k±$4.6k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
6.1%±0.9%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$74.1M
334 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Strong wind 95Tornado 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3102016
3212017
3362018
3562019
3732020
4062021
4592022
5032023
5342024
5642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 134% since 20211432021
1382022
1792023
6812024
3342025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
IAIS
Nearest port
31.9 km
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL TERMINALS HEARTLAND TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
29.6 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pottawattamie?
Pottawattamie's economy produced $6.3B in 2024, growing 6.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.