County · Iowa

Mitchell County, Iowa

Mitchell County, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 99 out of 100 (very high), ranking #47 of 3,143 US counties. Within Iowa it ranks #10 of 99 counties. It ranks best on income adjusted for local prices (high), severe housing problems (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), new business applications (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

99Very high

Quality-of-life score: #47 of 3,143 counties
Iowa: #10 of 99 in IA
Population: 10,650 (2025)
Land area: 469 mi²
Density: 22.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 19131

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety96#129/3,096
Economy87#413/3,143
Housing91#272/3,140
Health82#555/3,144
Healthcare69#986/3,143
Environment76#733/3,108
Education79#650/3,144
Infrastructure83#527/3,144
Community97#108/3,144
Leisure & amenities91#295/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mitchell County, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Income adjusted for local prices · high$116,811
99/100Iowa $74,320United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Severe housing problems · low7.4%
96/100Iowa 11.4%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drought exposure · low0%
96/100Iowa 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Property crime rate · low199 /100k
95/100Iowa 1,172 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Time spent in the emergency room · low89 min
95/100Iowa 128 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
94/100Iowa 9.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high90.2
8/100Iowa 39.72025Federal Emergency Management Agency
New business applications · low7.8 /1k
10/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an emergency room · high18.6 mi
11/100Iowa 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Distance to an airport · high109 mi
20/100Iowa 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
22/100Iowa 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Primary care physicians · low29 /100k
25/100Iowa 74 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
39% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−39 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
12.7 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Traffic deathsWorsening
9.4 /100k (2015-2019) → 17.0 /100k (2020-2024)
+80%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
607 /100k (2020) → 199 /100k (2025)
−67%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
PharmaciesWorsening
2.8 /10k (2020) → 0.9 /10k (2025)
−67%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$70,796 (2019) → $116,811 (2024)
+65%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mitchell County, Iowa improved on 7 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 16 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Real income+65%$70,796 → $116,811
Household income+38%$61,247 → $84,344
Property crime−67%607 /100k → 199 /100k
Bachelor's++5.8 points19.0% → 24.9%
Broadband+9.5 points80.4% → 89.9%

Declined2

Inequality+0.0520.395 → 0.447
Price / income+0.4×2.0× → 2.5×

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Mitchell County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.5 /10k2020	7.5 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Average commute time	20.0 min2015-2019	18.5 min2020-2024	−1.5 min	Within the margin of error	85%
Average weekly wage	$9142020	$1,0552025	+15%	Improved	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%2015-2019	24.9%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Improved	90%
Broadband subscriptions	80.4%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Improved	46%
Child poverty rate	13.1%2019	14.7%2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Distance to an airport	109 mi2020	109 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.13%2015-2019	0.99%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Grocery stores	3.8 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	−25%	Within the margin of error	14%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	45%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	48%
Income adjusted for local prices	$70,7962019	$116,8112024	+65%	Improved	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.4472020-2024	+0.052	Declined	6%
Median household income	$61,2472019	$84,3442024	+38%	Improved	93%
New business applications	6.5 /1k2020	7.8 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	22%
Pharmacies	2.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−67%	Within the margin of error	4%
Poverty rate	9.3%2019	10.4%2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Property crime rate	607 /100k2020	199 /100k2025	−67%	Improved	93%
Public libraries	3.8 /10k2019	3.8 /10k2024	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent as share of income	20.5%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Rent-burdened households	23.3%2015-2019	35.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Restaurants and bars	10.4 /10k2020	11.3 /10k2025	+8.5%	Within the margin of error	71%
Students per teacher	14.8×2019	14.6×2024	−0.2×	Little change	31%
Traffic deaths	9.4 /100k2015-2019	17.0 /100k2020-2024	+80%	Within the margin of error	7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%2020	2.8%2025	−0.7 points	Little change	9%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.6%2019	7.8%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Violent crime rate	81 /100k2020	102 /100k2025	+27%	Within the margin of error	16%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Mitchell County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mitchell County, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mitchell County, Iowa itself moved −7.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

10,575 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,597 households (±117)

Mitchell County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k15%698
$25k–50k17%759
$50k–75k21%952

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,597 households (±117)

Mitchell County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own80%3,677
Rent20%920

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,432 workers (±184)

Mitchell County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone72%3,900
Carpool6.3%†341
Public transit0.1%†7

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Mitchell County has 302 employer establishments, 286 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.11× Iowa's), with 3,334 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,962. The Census Bureau also counts 986 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 302; 986 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 286; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 3,334
Average annual pay: $48,962; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Mitchell County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	33	31.3	2.02×More than typical	159	$52,321	113
Truck transportation	20	19	3.75×More than typical	66	$40,106	56
Religious organizations	15	14.2	2.56×More than typical	54	$14,796	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	12.3	2.45×More than typical	57	$26,474	22
Building equipment contractors	13	12.3	2.05×More than typical	54	$48,278	10
Restaurants and other eating places	13	12.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	105	$13,771	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	11	10.4	2.38×More than typical	33	$54,545	20
Full-service restaurants	10	9.5	1.24×About typical	89	$14,562	—
Ambulatory health care services	8	7.6	0.36×Too few to compare	40	$45,225	16
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	8	7.6	4.60×Too few to compare	42	$44,643	—
Construction of buildings	8	7.6	1.00×Too few to compare	23	$49,565	27
Banks and credit unions	7	6.6	2.06×Too few to compare	73	$72,726	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,543 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3M on contracts performed in Mitchell County, Iowa: $283 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3M; −61% vs FY2025
Per resident: $283; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service$2M68%
Defense Logistics Agency$925.6K31%
Department of Defense Education Activity$47.6K1.6%

Top recipients

GRAIN MILLERS, INC.$2M68%
FRM SOCKS LLC$925.6K31%
THE ART OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY, LLC$47.6K1.6%

Spending by fiscal year

279.4KFY2017
2.4MFY2018
1.5MFY2020
3.5MFY2021
5.5MFY2022
71.5KFY2023
4.5MFY2024
7.8MFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Grain and oilseed milling · 3112$2M68%
Apparel knitting mills · 3151$925.6K31%
Elementary and secondary schools · 6111$47.6K1.6%

Largest awards

8511243581!SOCKS,COLD WEATHER SET$2.2M
FRM SOCKS LLC· Mitchell County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 17, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· SPE1C125F2884
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011048/4100033256/OATS ROLLED PKG-12/18 OZ$1.9M
GRAIN MILLERS, INC.· Mitchell County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 5, 2025 – Aug 17, 2026· 123J1426C0179
8511217845!SOCKS, COLD WEATHER TYPE III$371.3K
FRM SOCKS LLC· Mitchell County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 1, 2025 – Mar 30, 2026· SPE1C125F2619
8511716997!SOCKS,COLD WEATHER SET$333.3K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $88.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Mitchell County, Iowa: $8,304 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $88.4M; −2.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,304; US $12,955
Loan face value: $3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 20%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$50.4M57%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$13.6M15%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$7M7.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$3.9M4.4%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$3.7M4.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$3.6M4.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$3.2M3.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$522.5K0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$7.3M8.2%
AMES, IA
SULLIVAN GRAIN & LIVESTOCK INC$300K0.3%
OSAGE, IA
NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES$32K0.0%
BUFFALO CENTER, IA
OMNITEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.$16.6K0.0%
NORA SPRINGS, IA
AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO$14.8K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$58M66%
Farm Service Agency$17M19%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$7.3M8.2%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$4.4M5.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

71.8MFY2021
74MFY2022
64.6MFY2023
65.8MFY2024
90.6MFY2025
88.4MFY2026

County aggregates

71%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Mitchell County, Iowa compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Mitchell County, Iowa
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mitchell County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$26.50	$1,436
FY2018	$231	$1,552
FY2019	$0	$1,654
FY2020	$139	$1,880
FY2021	$335	$1,810
FY2022	$520	$1,917
FY2023	$6.78	$2,079
FY2024	$424	$2,047
FY2025	$732	$2,165
FY2026	$283 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mitchell County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$445	$5,748
FY2022	$1,351	$5,221
FY2023	$546	$5,364
FY2024	$641	$5,501
FY2025	$923	$5,732
FY2026	$965

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mitchell County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$90.64	$298
FY2022	$0	$357
FY2023	$219	$301
FY2024	$116	$319
FY2025	$121	$360
FY2026	$682

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mitchell County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$0.31	$239
FY2022	$22.34	$185
FY2023	$7.56	$229
FY2024	$18.75	$229
FY2025	$26.39	$249
FY2026	$9.01

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mitchell County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$14.07	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mitchell County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,724	$1,186
FY2022	$201	$465
FY2023	-$34.95	$76.52
FY2024	$15.11	$120
FY2025	$225	$148
FY2026	$48.36

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Mitchell County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Mitchell County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	−2.8%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2022

$1,351 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $445 (3× that).

Compared with 11 similar counties

Mitchell County, Iowa
Comparison counties (average)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/19131

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mitchell County, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ashley HinsonR-IA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.5%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Mitchell County

Places whose residents live mostly in Mitchell County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/19131

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	−0.1%	−4.2%
2015	−5.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+3.3%
2018	+9.1%	+6.8%
2019	+24.2%	+10.5%
2020	+23.5%	+19.4%
2021	+24.1%	+26.1%
2022	+34.2%	+30.6%
2023	+43.4%	+35.0%
2024	+40.1%	+41.0%
2025	+42.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	+0.4%	−5.5%
2015	+5.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.7%	+4.1%
2018	+9.8%	+8.9%
2019	+10.2%	+13.5%
2020	+2.2%	+20.8%
2021	+35.0%	+32.1%
2022	+83.7%	+35.4%
2023	+77.6%	+42.9%
2024	+73.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	2.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	7.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	−4.6%	−6.9%
2015	+11.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.2%	+4.7%
2018	+8.0%	+7.5%
2019	+11.1%	+14.0%
2020	+21.8%	+16.9%
2021	+12.0%	+21.0%
2022	+18.1%	+29.7%
2023	+34.7%	+34.9%
2024	+53.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	−18.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+55.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+57.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+67.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+78.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	3.6%	6.2%
2015	2.8%	5.3%
2016	2.7%	4.9%
2017	2.2%	4.4%
2018	1.9%	3.9%
2019	1.7%	3.7%
2020	3.5%	8.1%
2021	2.9%	5.4%
2022	2.2%	3.7%
2023	2.3%	3.6%
2024	2.4%	4.0%
2025	2.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	11.5%	15.5%
2015	9.3%	14.7%
2016	10.1%	14.0%
2017	9.1%	13.4%
2018	9.2%	13.1%
2019	9.3%	12.3%
2020	8.9%	11.9%
2021	8.8%	12.8%
2022	11.5%	12.6%
2023	9.2%	12.5%
2024	10.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	8.0%	13.5%
2015	7.5%	10.9%
2016	6.4%	10.0%
2017	7.0%	10.2%
2018	7.1%	10.4%
2019	7.6%	10.8%
2020	6.9%	10.4%
2021	6.6%	10.2%
2022	6.6%	9.5%
2023	7.2%	9.5%
2024	7.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Mitchell County, Iowa	United States
2014	6.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.8/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Mitchell County, Iowa	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.2 points	−1.0 points	−1.2 points to −0.7 points
Year −2	+0.6 points	+0.7 points	+0.4 points to +1.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.7 points	−0.9 points	−1.3 points to −0.7 points
Year +1	−0.6 points	−0.8 points	−1.2 points to −0.5 points
Year +2	−0.5 points	−0.6 points	−1.3 points to +0.2 points

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