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County profile

Iron

United States · GDP 2024
#2518 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$419.5M
GDP growth
+4.2%
Jobs tracked
2,475
Employers
358
Avg. wage
$43.5k
Population
11,757
Labor & formation
Unemployment
7.3%
Median HH income
$55.9k±$3.0k
Business applications
121 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing23%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction8%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,757
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+680
International migration+32
Natural change−589

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$362.9M
2019
$335.8M
2020
$367.2M
2021
$392.1M
2022
$402.7M
2023
$419.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$109.1k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$716/mo±$114/mo
Vacancy rate
39.4%±2.1%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
161 (13.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
55.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 96Hail 75Winter weather 47
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
205
2016
215
2017
210
2018
224
2019
218
2020
242
2021
285
2022
341
2023
338
2024
384
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
169.1 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
6.6 km
ELS
Nearest port
94.4 km
MARQUETTE BOARD OF LIGHT & POWER SHIRAS STEAM PLANT
Nearest commercial airport
54.0 km
FORD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Carroll$419.8MAlleghany$420.0MHarper$420.9MOsage$417.5MDeKalb$417.4MBraxton$417.2M
The read

Iron's economy produced $419.5M in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.
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