County profile
Iron County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#2829 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$235.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,345
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
193
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,127
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$60.6k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
26.0%±2.5%
Poverty rate
10.5%±1.4%
Business applications
68 · 2025
Retail establishments
23
37.1/10k 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
Food & accommodation27%
Health care24%
Manufacturing14%
Construction14%
Retail trade13%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,127
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $59.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+289
International migration+2
Natural change−307
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$189.8M2019
$182.0M2020
$194.6M2021
$208.3M2022
$224.3M2023
$235.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$165.9k±$8.0k
Median gross rent
$662/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
44.1%±2.3%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$15.0M
44 units · 7.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
11.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 72Winter weather 62Lightning 46
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1272016
1352017
1242018
1532019
1522020
1752021
1942022
2062023
2422024
2522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 2021492021
452022
822023
722024
442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
152.2 km
I-535
Nearest freight rail
26.5 km
FOXY
Nearest port
40.4 km
SAND BAY WISC
Nearest commercial airport
30.8 km
GOGEBIC/IRON COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.8k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Iron?
Iron's economy produced $235.3M in 2024, growing 4.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.