County · Iowa

Union County, Iowa

Union County, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 83 out of 100 (very high), ranking #531 of 3,143 US counties. Within Iowa it ranks #67 of 99 counties. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), mammography screening (high) and flu vaccinations (high). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), math scores (low) and job growth (low).

83Very high

Quality-of-life score: #531 of 3,143 counties
Iowa: #67 of 99 in IA
Population: 11,829 (2025)
Land area: 424 mi²
Density: 27.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 19175

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 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.

Safety62#1,166/3,096
Economy54#1,462/3,143
Housing93#211/3,140
Health70#946/3,144
Healthcare91#292/3,143
Environment95#158/3,108
Education43#1,783/3,144
Infrastructure63#1,160/3,144
Community76#767/3,144
Leisure & amenities69#964/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low3 mi
99/100Iowa 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Mammography screening · high59.0%
96/100Iowa 57.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Flu vaccinations · high54.0%
96/100Iowa 51.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · low15.8 min
95/100Iowa 19.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drought exposure · low1%
94/100Iowa 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Primary care physicians · high109 /100k
93/100Iowa 74 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.49%
7/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Math scores · low2.58
10/100Iowa 3.03United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Job growth · low-3.6%
11/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Reading scores · low2.68
12/100Iowa 3.05United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
12/100Iowa 0.7%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
13/100Iowa 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.3 /1k (2021) → 3.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+919%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Traffic deathsWorsening
9.7 /100k (2015-2019) → 16.7 /100k (2020-2024)
+72%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.9 /1k (2020) → 9.8 /1k (2025)
+65%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
1,862 /100k (2020) → 672 /100k (2025)
−64%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.4% (2015-2019) → 84.9% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$46,624 (2019) → $63,995 (2024)
+37%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, Union County, Iowa improved on 9 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 20 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved9

Property crime−64%1,862 /100k → 672 /100k
Bachelor's++5.4 points18.0% → 23.3%
Real income+37%$46,624 → $63,995
New businesses+65%5.9 /1k → 9.8 /1k
Students / teacher−0.7×13.1× → 12.4×

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Union County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.9 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	17%
Average commute time	17.3 min2015-2019	15.8 min2020-2024	−1.5 min	Within the margin of error	84%
Average weekly wage	$8202020	$1,0042025	+22%	Improved	40%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	87%
Broadband subscriptions	76.4%2015-2019	84.9%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Improved	37%
Child poverty rate	16.1%2019	16.5%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Distance to an airport	48 mi2020	48 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.42%2015-2019	1.48%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Firearm deaths	12.3 /100k2020	13.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.3%	Within the margin of error	37%
Grocery stores	2.5 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−32%	Within the margin of error	11%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	55%
High school diploma or higher	90.3%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	86%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,6242019	$63,9952024	+37%	Improved	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.4192020-2024	−0.013	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$52,9142019	$63,9972024	+21%	Improved	29%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	9.8 /1k2025	+65%	Improved	74%
Pharmacies	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	78%
Poverty rate	12.1%2019	13.4%2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Property crime rate	1,862 /100k2020	672 /100k2025	−64%	Improved	90%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent as share of income	25.9%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	36.9%2015-2019	34.7%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Restaurants and bars	9.9 /10k2020	10.1 /10k2025	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	57%
Students per teacher	13.1×2019	12.4×2024	−0.7×	Improved	50%
Suicide rate	17.7 /100k2020	17.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+0.6%	Within the margin of error	57%
Traffic deaths	9.7 /100k2015-2019	16.7 /100k2020-2024	+72%	Within the margin of error	8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	3.5%2025	−2.3 points	Improved	43%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.3%2019	6.4%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Violent crime rate	271 /100k2020	301 /100k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	24%

“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 Union County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Union 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, Union County, Iowa itself moved −0.5 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

11,993 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

5,116 households (±177)

Union County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k17%886
$25k–50k26%1,325
$50k–75k20%1,001

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,116 households (±177)

Union County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own72%3,690
Rent28%1,426

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

5,334 workers (±324)

Union County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone80%4,268
Carpool9.9%529
Public transit0.0%0

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.

Union County has 305 employer establishments, 257 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248; 0.99× Iowa's), with 4,687 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,812. The Census Bureau also counts 788 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 305; 788 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 257; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 4,687
Average annual pay: $42,812; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	23	19.4	1.05×About typical	307	$14,896	4
Specialty trade contractors	22	18.5	1.20×About typical	68	$65,294	85
Ambulatory health care services	15	12.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	157	$39,510	24
Full-service restaurants	13	10.9	1.42×More than typical	163	$10,632	—
Religious organizations	12	10.1	1.82×More than typical	42	$17,310	—
Banks and credit unions	9	7.6	2.34×Too few to compare	79	$83,468	—
Truck transportation	9	7.6	1.50×Too few to compare	27	$50,148	41
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	5.9	1.17×Too few to compare	19	$51,789	13
Child day care services	7	5.9	2.41×Too few to compare	38	$17,026	25
Construction of buildings	7	5.9	0.78×Too few to compare	15	$32,000	33
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	7	5.9	1.87×Too few to compare	17	$97,000	18
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	5.9	1.34×Too few to compare	21	$54,238	12

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,883 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 $80.2K on contracts performed in Union County, Iowa: $6.78 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $80.2K; +1,367% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6.78; 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

Social Security Administration$80.2K100%

Top recipients

FRANCONIA REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC.$80.2K100%
EAST COAST POWERLINE LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

106.5KFY2017
15.9KFY2018
43.1KFY2019
15KFY2021
54.8KFY2022
692KFY2024
5.5KFY2025
80.2KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Offices of real estate agents and brokers · 5312$80.2K100%

Largest awards

CRESTON - MARYVILLE 161-KV TRANSMISSION LINE RECONDUCTOR, IOWA/MISSOURI$692K
EAST COAST POWERLINE LLC· Union County, IA· Construction & real property· Jul 8, 2024 – Aug 18, 2026· 89503424CWA000072
RELOCATION SERVICES FOR JUSTIN TRAUERNICHT TA#R03-R260001$80.2K
FRANCONIA REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC.· Union County, IA· Transportation & logistics· Jul 22, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026· 28321326FAE010001

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 $91.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Union County, Iowa: $7,742 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $91.6M; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,742; US $12,955
Loan face value: $841K; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$49.6M54%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$7.7M8.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$7.4M8.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$5.6M6.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$4.2M4.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$3.3M3.6%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$2.7M3.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$2.4M2.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTHERN IOWA RGNAL HSING AUTHORITY$8.1M8.9%
CRESTON, IA
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$4M4.4%
AMES, IA
SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$2.8M3.0%
CRESTON, IA
MATURA ACTION CORPORATION$1.3M1.4%
CRESTON, IA
GREEN VALLEY MANOR$275.8K

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$63.5M69%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$8.3M9.0%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$6.3M6.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$4M4.4%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

82.4MFY2021
82.5MFY2022
83MFY2023
88.4MFY2024
104.9MFY2025
91.6MFY2026

County aggregates

80%

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 Union 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.

Union County, Iowa
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Union County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Union County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$8.54	$1,436
FY2018	$1.29	$1,552
FY2019	$3.52	$1,654
FY2020	$0	$1,880
FY2021	$1.25	$1,810
FY2022	$4.61	$1,917
FY2023	$0	$2,079
FY2024	$58.04	$2,047
FY2025	$0.46	$2,165
FY2026	$6.78 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Union County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Union 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, Union County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Union County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$655	$5,748
FY2022	$277	$5,221
FY2023	$309	$5,364
FY2024	$460	$5,501
FY2025	$751	$5,732
FY2026	$573

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Union County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Union County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$19.74	$298
FY2022	$0	$357
FY2023	-$2.99	$301
FY2024	$122	$319
FY2025	$537	$360
FY2026	$337

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Union County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Union County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$659	$239
FY2022	$653	$185
FY2023	$715	$229
FY2024	$849	$229
FY2025	$745	$249
FY2026	$756

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Union County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Union County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$105	$2,304
FY2022	$95.31	$2,197
FY2023	$103	$2,274
FY2024	$105	$2,267
FY2025	$106	$2,397
FY2026	$128

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Union County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Union County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$1,513	$1,186
FY2022	$383	$465
FY2023	-$72.62	$76.52
FY2024	$79.45	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$4.23

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.

Union County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Union County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	−2.2%	2.0%
2015	−4.0%

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/19175

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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.

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

House

Zachary NunnR-IA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 4.6%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Union County

Places whose residents live mostly in Union 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

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Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	−5.0%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+3.3%
2018	+3.8%	+6.8%
2019	+8.5%	+10.5%
2020	+16.1%	+19.4%
2021	+18.7%	+26.1%
2022	+22.7%	+30.6%
2023	+26.1%	+35.0%
2024	+36.3%	+41.0%
2025	+42.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	0.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	−5.3%	−6.9%
2015	−5.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+4.7%
2018	+5.2%	+7.5%
2019	+11.6%	+14.0%
2020	+3.0%	+16.9%
2021	+17.5%	+21.0%
2022	+17.7%	+29.7%
2023	+24.6%	+34.9%
2024	+35.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	−11.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+28.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+47.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+47.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+58.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	4.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.8/1k	16.6/1k

Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	4.7%	6.2%
2015	4.2%	5.3%
2016	3.8%	4.9%
2017	3.1%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	5.8%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.0%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	+0.6%	−5.5%
2015	+0.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.4%	+4.1%
2018	+10.9%	+8.9%
2019	+12.6%	+13.5%
2020	+20.0%	+20.8%
2021	+35.7%	+32.1%
2022	+39.1%	+35.4%
2023	+36.9%	+42.9%
2024	+47.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	12.8%	15.5%
2015	14.3%	14.7%
2016	13.2%	14.0%
2017	14.6%	13.4%
2018	13.4%	13.1%
2019	12.1%	12.3%
2020	12.1%	11.9%
2021	12.8%	12.8%
2022	13.0%	12.6%
2023	13.7%	12.5%
2024	13.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Union County, Iowa	United States
2014	8.3%	13.5%
2015	6.4%	10.9%
2016	4.9%	10.0%
2017	6.0%	10.2%
2018	6.1%	10.4%
2019	6.3%	10.8%
2020	6.2%	10.4%
2021	6.4%	10.2%
2022	5.6%	9.5%
2023	5.9%	9.5%
2024	6.4%	9.8%

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