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Wapello

United States · GDP 2024
#1214 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
GDP growth
+0.0%
Jobs tracked
12,594
Employers
699
Avg. wage
$52.2k
Population
35,210
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$64.8k±$4.2k
Business applications
317 · 2025

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
Manufacturing31%
Retail trade21%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support9%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
35,210
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $48.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,091
International migration+986
Natural change−29

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.8B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.1B
2022
$2.2B
2023
$2.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$125.1k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$920/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
11.0%±1.7%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
42 (1.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
65.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Tornado 82Heat wave 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
244
2016
249
2017
256
2018
264
2019
265
2020
291
2021
333
2022
350
2023
381
2024
376
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
74.0 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
98.7 km
HYDRO MERSCHMAN, MONTROSE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
104.8 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.2k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Crawford$2.2BMontcalm$2.2BHuron$2.2BDefiance$2.2BWise + Norton$2.2BVenango$2.1B
The read

Wapello's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 0.0% year over year — slower than 80% 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.
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