County profile
Shelby County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1809 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,049
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
384
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,689
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$72.7k±$9.1k
Bachelor's degree+
24.1%±3.2%
Poverty rate
7.6%±1.7%
Business applications
129 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
34.8/10k 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
Transportation25%
Manufacturing23%
Health care22%
Retail trade13%
Wholesale trade9%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,689
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $67.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+59
International migration+152
Natural change−241
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$722.9M2019
$700.0M2020
$893.9M2021
$989.2M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.0k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$783/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±2.8%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
3 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 79Hail 78Landslide 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2342016
2332017
2522018
2632019
2712020
2892021
3342022
3592023
3932024
4142025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -77% since 2021132021
82022
62023
62024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
13.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
65.3 km
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL TERMINALS HEARTLAND TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
64.5 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Shelby?
Shelby's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 0.5% year over year — slower than 78% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.