County profile
Iron County, UT
United States · GDP 2024
#934 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,547
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,935
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
67,141
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
31.6%±2.0%
Poverty rate
13.8%±1.9%
Business applications
1,837 · 2025
Retail establishments
206
31.4/10k 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 care21%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction17%
Manufacturing16%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
67,141
residents · 2025 · +16.4% since 2020
Income per capita $45.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,796
International migration+753
Natural change+1,934
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.8B2022
$3.1B2023
$3.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$379.0k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
14.4%±1.8%
Affordability
8.3× wages
Residential permits
$190.4M
678 units · 10.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 98Winter weather 95Landslide 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2502016
2752017
3022018
3212019
3402020
4152021
5082022
5142023
5212024
5462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -24% since 20218912021
1,0322022
4602023
6552024
6782025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.4 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
UP
Nearest port
620.7 km
Port of Los Angeles, CA
Nearest commercial airport
24.3 km
CEDAR CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.5k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Iron?
Iron's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.