Places/IA/Taylor County, IA
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 · 20202025
5,835
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration11
International migration+56
Natural change69

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$258.9M
2019
$258.1M
2020
$344.4M
2021
$372.3M
2022
$367.1M
2023
$375.9M
2024

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 · 20162025
120
2016
129
2017
132
2018
146
2019
143
2020
154
2021
178
2022
203
2023
221
2024
188
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-20% since 2021
5
2021
6
2022
7
2023
5
2024
4
2025

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 · 20192023
$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Taylor?

Taylor's economy produced $375.9M in 2024, growing 2.4% year over yearslower 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.