County profile
Taylor County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2584 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$375.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,543
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
140
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,835
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.2%
Median HH income
$67.7k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
16.0%±2.5%
Poverty rate
11.0%±2.3%
Business applications
52 · 2025
Retail establishments
21
35.9/10k 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
Manufacturing56%
Transportation16%
Retail trade10%
Health care7%
Wholesale trade6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,835
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−11
International migration+56
Natural change−69
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$258.9M2019
$258.1M2020
$344.4M2021
$372.3M2022
$367.1M2023
$375.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$117.2k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$765/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±2.9%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$814.0k
4 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Heat wave 82Hail 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1202016
1292017
1322018
1462019
1432020
1542021
1782022
2032023
2212024
1882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -20% since 202152021
62022
72023
52024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
65.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
26.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
89.2 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
108.9 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Taylor?
Taylor's economy produced $375.9M in 2024, growing 2.4% year over year — slower than 68% 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.