County profile
Woodbury County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#585 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
46,810
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,622
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
106,649
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$73.7k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
24.3%±1.4%
Poverty rate
14.0%±1.3%
Business applications
936 · 2025
Retail establishments
388
36.3/10k 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
Health care27%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
106,649
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $55.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,397
International migration+2,358
Natural change+1,724
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.5B2019
$5.5B2020
$6.0B2021
$6.5B2022
$6.9B2023
$7.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$183.2k±$4.8k
Median gross rent
$981/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±1.0%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$50.7M
238 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 97Hail 95Drought 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3322016
3472017
3662018
3812019
3932020
4302021
4922022
5252023
5542024
5742025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1% since 20212352021
2312022
1632023
1722024
2382025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.5 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
21.7 km
UP
Nearest port
28.1 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
27.9 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.1k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Woodbury?
Woodbury's economy produced $7.0B in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.