County profile
Webster County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1039 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,146
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
997
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,838
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$69.0k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.0%±1.9%
Poverty rate
12.9%±1.8%
Business applications
352 · 2025
Retail establishments
134
36.4/10k 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
Transportation25%
Retail trade20%
Health care19%
Manufacturing15%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,838
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−480
International migration+619
Natural change−316
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.5B2021
$2.7B2022
$2.7B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.8k±$5.0k
Median gross rent
$785/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
10.0%±2.1%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$5.7M
23 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Tornado 92Hail 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2712016
2842017
2962018
3052019
3082020
3332021
3612022
3732023
3892024
4032025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 2021282021
1412022
542023
282024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.2 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
CN
Nearest port
170.6 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
13.8 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Webster?
Webster's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.