County · Iowa

O'Brien County, Iowa

O'Brien County, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 97 out of 100 (very high), ranking #102 of 3,143 US counties. Within Iowa it ranks #20 of 99 counties. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), social associations (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), distance to an Amtrak station (high) and mental health providers (low).

97Very high

Quality-of-life score: #102 of 3,143 counties
Iowa: #20 of 99 in IA
Population: 14,220 (2025)
Land area: 573 mi²
Density: 24.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 19141

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety83#513/3,096
Economy79#673/3,143
Housing92#247/3,140
Health68#1,001/3,144
Healthcare74#829/3,143
Environment90#326/3,108
Education72#883/3,144
Infrastructure84#495/3,144
Community99#26/3,144
Leisure & amenities89#337/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Preventable hospital stays · low1,060 /100k
98/100Iowa 2,368 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Social associations · high26.4 /10k
97/100Iowa 14.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.392
97/100Iowa 0.444United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Reading scores · high3.39
95/100Iowa 3.05United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent as share of income · low21.4%
95/100Iowa 27.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low32.0%
94/100Iowa 43.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.5 /1k
7/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an Amtrak station · high131 mi
13/100Iowa 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Mental health providers · low42 /100k
14/100Iowa 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · low23.5%
17/100Iowa 24.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Flu vaccinations · low31.0%
25/100Iowa 51.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · high1.03%
27/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
69% (2021) → 22% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−47 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
58.4% (2010 & 2021) → 87.3% (2022 & 2024)
+29 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Property crime rateImproving
1,144 /100k (2020) → 395 /100k (2025)
−65%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
2,245 /100k (2019) → 1,060 /100k (2023)
−53%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.7% (2015-2019) → 90.1% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Violent crime rateImproving
440 /100k (2020) → 240 /100k (2025)
−45%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

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, O'Brien County, Iowa improved on 7 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 18 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

Property crime−65%1,144 /100k → 395 /100k
Violent crime−45%440 /100k → 240 /100k
Real income+37%$58,449 → $80,223
Broadband+10 points79.7% → 90.1%
New businesses+45%5.2 /1k → 7.5 /1k

Declined3

Uninsured+2.1 points6.2% → 8.3%
Commute+2.8 min16.1 min → 19.0 min
Price / income+0.5×2.0× → 2.5×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of O'Brien County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−0.5%	Within the margin of error	35%
Average commute time	16.1 min2015-2019	19.0 min2020-2024	+2.8 min	Declined	14%
Average weekly wage	$7882020	$9562025	+21%	Improved	32%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	22.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Broadband subscriptions	79.7%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	54%
Child poverty rate	12.4%2019	11.3%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Distance to an airport	61 mi2020	61 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	7.0 /100k2020	9.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+30%	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	1.21%2015-2019	1.03%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Firearm deaths	10.9 /100k2020	10.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.3%	Within the margin of error	61%
Grocery stores	6.4 /10k2020	4.9 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	16%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−0.5%	Within the margin of error	46%
High school diploma or higher	92.1%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	34%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,4492019	$80,2232024	+37%	Improved	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4172015-2019	0.3922020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$60,2982019	$69,9672024	+16%	Improved	11%
New business applications	5.2 /1k2020	7.5 /1k2025	+45%	Improved	51%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−0.5%	Within the margin of error	66%
Poverty rate	10.1%2019	9.3%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Property crime rate	1,144 /100k2020	395 /100k2025	−65%	Improved	92%
Public libraries	5.1 /10k2019	4.2 /10k2024	−17%	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent as share of income	25.4%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	38.8%2015-2019	31.9%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Restaurants and bars	11.3 /10k2020	10.5 /10k2025	−6.7%	Within the margin of error	31%
Students per teacher	13.8×2019	13.5×2024	−0.3×	Little change	36%
Suicide rate	19.8 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Within the margin of error	89%
Traffic deaths	14.4 /100k2015-2019	14.2 /100k2020-2024	−1.9%	Within the margin of error	58%
Unemployment rate	3.6%2020	2.7%2025	−0.9 points	Little change	12%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.2%2019	8.3%2024	+2.1 points	Declined	3%
Violent crime rate	440 /100k2020	240 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	84%

“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; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; 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 O'Brien County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of O'Brien 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, O'Brien County, Iowa itself moved +1.9 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

14,126 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (+1.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

14,126 residents

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

White87%12,288
Black1.7%240
Hispanic or Latino7.6%1,074

Education

9,643 residents (±69)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

No high school diploma9.5%†915
High school or GED34%3,261
Some college19%1,817

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

5,809 households (±230)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k14%799
$25k–50k19%1,108
$50k–75k20%1,175
$75k–100k15%887
$100k–150k18%1,068
$150k–200k8.9%516
$200k or more4.4%†256

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−7.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,809 households (±230)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own76%4,421
Rent24%1,388

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,185 households (±219)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $75043%515
$750–1,00027%†317
$1,000–1,50029%†338

Home values

4,421 homes (±260)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $150k40%1,753
$150k–250k33%1,478
$250k–400k19%832

Age of homes

6,564 homes (±32)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

2010 or later4.5%†298
2000–20096.8%449
1980–199915%957

Size of homes

6,564 homes (±32)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

Studio0.6%†41
1 bedroom7.1%†467
2 bedrooms29%1,899

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

6,937 workers (±300)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone79%5,500
Carpool9.8%†683
Public transit0.3%†24
Walk2.6%†181
Bike0.1%†10
Work from home7.1%493
Other0.7%†46

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bike (−1.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

6,444 workers (±280)

O'Brien County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under 15 min52%3,327
15–29 min25%1,627
30–44 min14%895

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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.

O'Brien County has 488 employer establishments, 347 for every 10,000 residents (1.40× the US rate of 248; 1.34× Iowa's), with 5,332 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,799. The Census Bureau also counts 1,020 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 488; 1,020 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 347; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 5,332
Average annual pay: $42,799; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	42	29.9	5.91×More than typical	446	$59,426	96
Religious organizations	31	22.1	3.98×More than typical	143	$23,091	—
Ambulatory health care services	23	16.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	167	$42,072	20
Automotive repair and maintenance	23	16.4	3.25×More than typical	61	$43,213	17
Construction of buildings	22	15.7	2.07×More than typical	84	$44,298	46
Specialty trade contractors	22	15.7	1.01×About typical	77	$51,078	95
Restaurants and other eating places	20	14.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	275	$14,564	8
Banks and credit unions	14	10	3.08×More than typical	131	$81,145	—
Offices of other health practitioners	14	10	1.64×More than typical	59	$29,068	13
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	8.5	1.94×More than typical	60	$68,983	23
Gasoline stations	11	7.8	2.41×More than typical	171	$26,608	—
Building equipment contractors	10	7.1	1.18×About typical	43	$57,186	19

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,052 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 $9.7M on contracts performed in O'Brien County, Iowa: $682 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9.7M; +1,654% vs FY2025
Per resident: $682; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; 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$9.3M96%
Department of Veterans Affairs$414.8K

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 $91.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for O'Brien County, Iowa: $6,445 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $91.6M; −5.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,445; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 13%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$62M68%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$5.9M6.4%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$5.5M6.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$5.2M5.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$4.3M4.7%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$3.8M4.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.4M1.5%
10.924 · Conservation Stewardship Program$992.3K1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$250K0.3%
DES MOINES, IA
O'BRIEN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$99K0.1%
PRIMGHAR, IA
CITY OF SANBORN MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS$99K0.1%
SANBORN, IA
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$53.2K0.1%
AMES, IA
SOUTH OBRIEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL

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$74.5M81%
Farm Service Agency$9.3M10%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$5M5.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service$2M2.1%
Department of Agriculture
National Park Service

Assistance by fiscal year

97.6MFY2021
84.7MFY2022
79.8MFY2023
81.6MFY2024
97.4MFY2025
91.6MFY2026

County aggregates

87%

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 O'Brien 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.

O'Brien County, Iowa
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, O'Brien County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$23.51	$1,436
FY2018	$16.23	$1,552
FY2019	$57.60	$1,654
FY2020	$14.11	$1,880
FY2021	$22.87	$1,810
FY2022	$27.92	$1,917
FY2023	$23.25	$2,079
FY2024	$28.85	$2,047
FY2025	$38.88	$2,165
FY2026	$682 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, O'Brien County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, O'Brien County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$168	$5,748
FY2022	$238	$5,221
FY2023	$178	$5,364
FY2024	$136	$5,501
FY2025	$110	$5,732
FY2026	$721

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, O'Brien County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$133	$298
FY2022	$195	$357
FY2023	$141	$301
FY2024	$103	$319
FY2025	$20.97	$360
FY2026	$3.74

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, O'Brien County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$4.33	$239
FY2022	$15.81	$185
FY2023	$8.76	$229
FY2024	$4.66	$229
FY2025	$15.17	$249
FY2026	$10.13

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, O'Brien County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$2,195	$1,186
FY2022	$470	$465
FY2023	$86.56	$76.52
FY2024	$28.47	$120
FY2025	$18.81	$148
FY2026	$5.40

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.

O'Brien County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, O'Brien County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	1.4%	2.0%
2015	3.4%

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/19141

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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.

O'Brien County, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Randy FeenstraR-IA-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

Senate

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Cities and towns in O'Brien County

Places whose residents live mostly in O'Brien 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
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Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	−10.5%	−4.2%
2015	−2.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.9%	+3.3%
2018	−0.8%	+6.8%
2019	+2.8%	+10.5%
2020	+8.7%	+19.4%
2021	+12.1%	+26.1%
2022	+19.6%	+30.6%
2023	+24.1%	+35.0%
2024	+28.4%	+41.0%
2025	+31.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	+0.5%	−5.5%
2015	+3.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+4.1%
2018	+5.4%	+8.9%
2019	+3.6%	+13.5%
2020	+9.1%	+20.8%
2021	+23.4%	+32.1%
2022	+33.9%	+35.4%
2023	+29.4%	+42.9%
2024	+35.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	1.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	+10.6%	−6.9%
2015	+6.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+19.3%	+4.7%
2018	+5.0%	+7.5%
2019	+19.1%	+14.0%
2020	+25.6%	+16.9%
2021	+24.4%	+21.0%
2022	+33.3%	+29.7%
2023	+38.2%	+34.9%
2024	+38.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	−10.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+34.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+45.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+49.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+58.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+71.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	3.3%	6.2%
2015	2.8%	5.3%
2016	3.0%	4.9%
2017	2.6%	4.4%
2018	2.2%	3.9%
2019	2.3%	3.7%
2020	3.6%	8.1%
2021	3.0%	5.4%
2022	2.4%	3.7%
2023	2.6%	3.6%
2024	2.4%	4.0%
2025	2.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	10.3%	15.5%
2015	9.2%	14.7%
2016	10.1%	14.0%
2017	7.7%	13.4%
2018	9.1%	13.1%
2019	10.1%	12.3%
2020	8.4%	11.9%
2021	10.2%	12.8%
2022	8.7%	12.6%
2023	9.1%	12.5%
2024	9.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	7.8%	13.5%
2015	6.1%	10.9%
2016	5.0%	10.0%
2017	5.6%	10.2%
2018	5.7%	10.4%
2019	6.2%	10.8%
2020	5.8%	10.4%
2021	5.9%	10.2%
2022	5.9%	9.5%
2023	6.9%	9.5%
2024	8.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	O'Brien County, Iowa	United States
2014	5.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.5/1k	16.6/1k

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