Places/IA/Warren County, IA
County profile

Warren County, IA

United States · GDP 2024
#1336 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,993
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,020
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
57,331
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$94.6k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
33.3%±2.0%
Poverty rate
5.1%±0.9%
Business applications
613 · 2025
Retail establishments
107
18.9/10k 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
Retail trade30%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction14%
Manufacturing12%
Education11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
57,331
residents · 2025 · +9.0% since 2020
Income per capita $66.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+4,181
International migration+121
Natural change+418

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.3B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$269.6k±$11.1k
Median gross rent
$973/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
5.7%±1.3%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$133.5M
465 units · 8.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 92Landslide 72Tornado 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
375
2016
398
2017
414
2018
427
2019
429
2020
462
2021
534
2022
570
2023
596
2024
603
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-15% since 2021
544
2021
512
2022
363
2023
438
2024
465
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.3 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
17.4 km
UP
Nearest port
196.1 km
HAVEMAN GRAIN CO ROCK BLUFF GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
23.8 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Warren?

Warren's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.