County profile
Winneshiek County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1594 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,065
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
604
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,733
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$79.1k±$5.3k
Bachelor's degree+
31.2%±2.5%
Poverty rate
8.4%±2.0%
Business applications
139 · 2025
Retail establishments
94
47.8/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care22%
Education19%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,733
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $66.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−393
International migration+156
Natural change−79
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$259.2k±$13.8k
Median gross rent
$861/mo±$70/mo
Vacancy rate
9.9%±2.2%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$15.1M
35 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 83Landslide 81Drought 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2402016
2502017
2542018
2592019
2632020
2872021
3302022
3632023
3902024
3962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -67% since 20211062021
552022
482023
472024
352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
11.6 km
CPKC
Nearest port
54.9 km
INTERSTATE POWER & LIGHT CO., LANSING PLANT COAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
80.8 km
LA CROSSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Winneshiek?
Winneshiek's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 63% 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.