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Story

United States · GDP 2024
#539 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.8B
GDP growth
+6.6%
Jobs tracked
33,500
Employers
2,162
Avg. wage
$61.2k
Population
101,291
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$69.7k±$2.9k
Business applications
799 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Workiva Inc.Technology$884.6M65B2Ames National CorporationFinancial 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 care24%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation19%
Construction8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
101,291
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $56.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,018
International migration+2,699
Natural change+908

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$5.9B
2019
$5.9B
2020
$6.5B
2021
$6.9B
2022
$7.3B
2023
$7.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$258.7k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±1.2%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
185 (1.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
68.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Tornado 91Winter weather 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
277
2016
288
2017
298
2018
308
2019
310
2020
333
2021
368
2022
405
2023
423
2024
436
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
UP
Nearest port
211.4 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MUSCATINE GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
58.2 km
DES MOINES INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

9 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KWorkiva Inc.06-02
8-KAmes National Corporation05-15
10-QAmes National Corporation05-08
10-QWorkiva Inc.05-05
8-KWorkiva Inc.05-05
8-KWorkiva Inc.05-05
8-KAmes National Corporation05-01
8-KAmes National Corporation04-24
DEF 14AWorkiva Inc.04-17
DEF 14AAmes National Corporation03-13
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$61.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Montgomery + Radford$7.8BCape May$7.8BMidland$7.8BPortsmouth (Independent City)$7.8BBurleigh$7.8BSevier$7.8B
The read

Story's economy produced $7.8B in 2024, growing 6.6% 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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