County profile
Wright County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1672 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+19.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,315
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
358
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,801
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$5.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±3.0%
Poverty rate
16.8%±3.3%
Business applications
112 · 2025
Retail establishments
45
35.0/10k 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
Manufacturing45%
Health care29%
Retail trade11%
Food & accommodation6%
Wholesale trade5%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,801
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $76.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−651
International migration+494
Natural change+27
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$676.7M2019
$661.4M2020
$823.4M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.0B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$119.6k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±3.0%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$4.8M
19 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Hail 72Winter weather 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1882016
1932017
2022018
2112019
2162020
2362021
2442022
2862023
2732024
3182025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021192021
122022
292023
182024
192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.2 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
UP
Nearest port
211.4 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MCGREGOR RIVER TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.4 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Wright?
Wright's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 19.5% year over year — faster than 98% 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.