County profile
Union County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1873 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$964.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,687
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
305
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,829
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$5.8k
Bachelor's degree+
23.3%±3.0%
Poverty rate
12.4%±2.7%
Business applications
116 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
40.3/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care24%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation10%
Admin & support9%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,829
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $53.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−153
International migration+139
Natural change−293
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$679.0M2019
$714.9M2020
$882.7M2021
$968.0M2022
$930.8M2023
$964.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.0k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$721/mo±$66/mo
Vacancy rate
11.6%±3.1%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$4.0M
23 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Cold wave 84Heat wave 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1482016
1572017
1712018
1682019
1792020
1852021
2152022
2102023
2292024
2542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 475% since 202142021
82022
52023
22024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.5 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
134.6 km
HAVEMAN GRAIN CO ROCK BLUFF GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
74.3 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.3k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Union?
Union's economy produced $964.9M in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.