County profile
Worth County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2419 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$485.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,634
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
163
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,338
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$78.0k±$6.3k
Bachelor's degree+
19.1%±2.5%
Poverty rate
8.2%±2.4%
Business applications
49 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
26.0/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Arts & recreation22%
Health care15%
Retail trade9%
Wholesale trade9%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,338
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−84
International migration+19
Natural change−34
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$315.0M2019
$312.4M2020
$424.5M2021
$471.1M2022
$493.7M2023
$485.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$145.8k±$10.0k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±2.5%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$1.8M
5 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
9.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 89Winter weather 39Cold wave 38
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1452016
1592017
1752018
1702019
1752020
1892021
2222022
2192023
2402024
2692025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202152021
22022
12023
22024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
4.3 km
UP
Nearest port
144.2 km
RED WING GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
25.1 km
MASON CITY MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Worth?
Worth's economy produced $485.0M in 2024, contracting 1.8% year over year — slower than 85% 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.