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Buena Vista County, IA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Buena Vista County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Buena Vista County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.3% the month before

  • 10,620

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 20,684

    people in Buena Vista County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $66,564

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 25%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Buena Vista County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Buena Vista County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Buena Vista County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Aeron Lifestyle Technology1 open role
  2. Dexter Laundry1 open role
  3. gpac1 open role
  4. GPAC1 open role
  5. Rembrandt Enterprises1 open role

Colleges in Buena Vista County

Colleges in Buena Vista County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Buena Vista UniversityStorm LakePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Buena Vista County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Iowa Plains Local Workforce Development Area

    Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Harrison, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, O'Brien, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, Union, Webster, Woodbury, Wright

Cities in Buena Vista County

Other Iowa counties

All of Iowa

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Iowa’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.