County profile
Iron County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2593 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$371.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-16.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,822
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
193
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,318
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$48.9k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
19.0%±2.9%
Poverty rate
19.3%±3.6%
Business applications
117 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
37.2/10k 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
Health care34%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation12%
Mining & energy11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,318
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $47.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+237
International migration+42
Natural change−477
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$403.3M2019
$414.6M2020
$458.2M2021
$444.1M2022
$444.7M2023
$371.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$119.3k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$664/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
17.5%±2.9%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$1.7M
12 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 96Cold wave 87Earthquake 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1262016
1242017
1212018
1352019
1272020
1722021
1972022
2082023
2252024
2602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
82022
12023
132024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
69.4 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
7.9 km
UP
Nearest port
72.3 km
New Bourbon Port Authority, MO
Nearest commercial airport
112.3 km
CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Iron?
Iron's economy produced $371.0M in 2024, contracting 16.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.