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County profile

Freeborn

United States · GDP 2024
#1400 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
GDP growth
+1.7%
Jobs tracked
10,861
Employers
755
Avg. wage
$50.8k
Population
30,440
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$71.0k±$1.7k
Business applications
267 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing28%
Health care22%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,440
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $59.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−53
International migration+130
Natural change−527

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.7B
2023
$1.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.1k±$5.3k
Median gross rent
$849/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±1.8%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
13 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
51.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$974/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Strong wind 81Tornado 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
214
2016
226
2017
240
2018
252
2019
259
2020
279
2021
321
2022
326
2023
360
2024
376
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
UP
Nearest port
118.3 km
RED WING GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.4 km
MASON CITY MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Polk$1.7BShawano$1.7BWexford$1.7BSt. Bernard$1.7BLincoln$1.7BSanilac$1.7B
The read

Freeborn's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 72% 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.
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