County profile
Poweshiek County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1435 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,789
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
571
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,368
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$67.4k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
27.3%±3.0%
Poverty rate
10.7%±2.1%
Business applications
178 · 2025
Retail establishments
77
41.8/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Education23%
Retail trade16%
Finance & insurance13%
Health care12%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,368
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $60.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−193
International migration+185
Natural change−261
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$209.3k±$13.7k
Median gross rent
$883/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
13.0%±2.9%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$11.8M
44 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$988/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Strong wind 79Hail 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2912016
2922017
3102018
3172019
3242020
3482021
3942022
4102023
4222024
4452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 2021452021
342022
772023
292024
442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
IAIS
Nearest port
126.4 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MUSCATINE GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.5 km
THE EASTERN IOWA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Poweshiek?
Poweshiek's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 7.7% year over year — faster than most 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.