County profile
Tama County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1987 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$847.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,565
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
282
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,796
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$70.8k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
14.8%±2.3%
Business applications
135 · 2025
Retail establishments
47
28.0/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Food & accommodation25%
Retail trade16%
Health care13%
Wholesale trade5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,796
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $57.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−349
International migration+149
Natural change−45
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$630.0M2019
$686.9M2020
$815.7M2021
$880.5M2022
$879.4M2023
$847.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$148.6k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$872/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
11.5%±2.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$1.8M
5 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$941/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Strong wind 86Wildfire 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2332016
2502017
2422018
2532019
2642020
2842021
3472022
3412023
3542024
3652025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -80% since 2021252021
112022
122023
122024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
13.6 km
UP
Nearest port
143.2 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MUSCATINE GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
54.3 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Tama?
Tama's economy produced $847.9M in 2024, contracting 3.6% year over year — slower than 89% of 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.