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Watonwan

United States · GDP 2024
#2261 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$610.8M
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
3,793
Employers
280
Avg. wage
$46.8k
Population
11,459
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$71.7k±$4.2k
Business applications
85 · 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
Manufacturing52%
Health care15%
Retail trade11%
Construction8%
Other services7%
Food & accommodation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,459
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $56.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−582
International migration+505
Natural change+294

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$467.8M
2019
$452.7M
2020
$538.4M
2021
$600.5M
2022
$584.0M
2023
$610.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$162.4k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$834/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±2.9%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
11 (1.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
23.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 76Drought 75Cold wave 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
177
2016
175
2017
193
2018
203
2019
200
2020
226
2021
250
2022
278
2023
292
2024
294
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.1 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
UP
Nearest port
134.1 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
137.9 km
MASON CITY MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Pemiscot$610.6MBrewster$611.3MTerry$610.2MScott$610.2MClarke$611.6MYuma$611.9M
The read

Watonwan's economy produced $610.8M in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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