# Carroll County, Iowa: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Carroll, Manning and Coon Rapids Carroll County is not a build-out site today. It feels the boom through the grid it shares, the utilities that serve it and the work nearby. Carroll County is home to Carroll, Manning, Coon Rapids and Glidden. Next door, Crawford County has 252 MW of planned generation. Construction employs 424, down 9.2% since 2019. Employers here counted 10,938 jobs in 2025, down 4.6% from 2019. Its power plants have 298 MW of capacity, 96% of it wind. -4.6% total jobs since 2019, now 10,938 298 MW of operating power plants, mostly wind 11.01¢ per kWh for MidAmerican Energy Co residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Carroll County Carroll County is home to Carroll, Manning, Coon Rapids and Glidden. Carroll10,085 residents Manning1,375 residents Coon Rapids1,251 residents Glidden1,133 residents Arcadia586 residents Breda488 residents Templeton339 residents Halbur266 residents Dedham219 residents Lidderdale159 residents Lanesboro112 residents Ralston73 residents · 97% of the city Willey71 residents Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Carroll County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Iowa | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 20,725 | 20,303 | ▼ 2.0% | 32nd of 99 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 11,469 | 10,938 | ▼ 4.6% | 71st of 99 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $40,119 | $52,350 | ▲ 30.5% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 467 | 424 | ▼ 9.2% | 66th of 81 by growth | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 1.8% | 2.5% | ▲ 0.7pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Unemployment was 2.5% in August 2026, against 1.8% in 2019. MidAmerican Energy Co is the largest utility serving Carroll County, one of 8 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 11.01¢/kWh in 2024, below the 13.77¢ median for Iowa utilities. 20,303 people live here, down 2.0% since 2020. ## Who powers Carroll County ### Utilities with service territory in Carroll County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | MidAmerican Energy Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 632,436 | 11.01¢ | 18% | | Interstate Power and Light Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 417,153 | 17.90¢ | 29% | | City of Breda - (IA) | — | — | — | — | — | | City of Coon Rapids | — | — | — | — | — | | City of Glidden - (IA) | — | — | — | — | — | | Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative | — | — | — | — | — | | City of Manning | — | — | — | — | — | | Western Iowa Power Coop | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Wind | 285 MW | 96% | | Petroleum | 13 MW | 4% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Carroll Wind Farm | MidAmerican Energy Co | Wind | 159 MW | 2008 | | Victory Wind Farm | MidAmerican Energy Co | Wind | 105 MW | 2006 | | Carroll Area Wind Farm | SRIV Partnership LLC | Wind | 21 MW | 2015 | | Manning | City of Manning - (IA) | Petroleum | 8 MW | 1928 | | Coon Rapids II | City of Coon Rapids -(IA) | Petroleum | 5 MW | 2001 | ## The Carroll County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 10,938 | $52,350 | 1.00 | | Construction | 424 | $61,847 | 0.73 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Carroll County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Carroll County. Iowa has 31 local measures on record statewide. ## Carroll County and its neighbors Of the 7 counties that border Carroll County, Crawford County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Carroll County | 20,303 | ▼ 4.6% | 298 MW | — | — | — | | Audubon County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/audubon-county) | 5,509 | ▼ 0.9% | 485 MW | — | — | — | | Calhoun County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/calhoun-county) | 9,562 | ▼ 3.0% | — | — | — | — | | Crawford County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/crawford-county) | 16,237 | ▼ 5.0% | 102 MW | 252 MW | — | — | | Greene County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/greene-county) | 8,658 | ▼ 6.1% | 74 MW | — | — | — | | Guthrie County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/guthrie-county) | 10,782 | ▲ 3.2% | 214 MW | — | — | — | | Sac County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/sac-county) | 9,525 | ▼ 1.2% | 211 MW | — | — | — | | Shelby County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/shelby-county) | 11,689 | ▼ 4.0% | 3 MW | — | — | — | ## More of Iowa [All Iowa countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa)[Crawford County16,237 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/crawford-county)[Shelby County11,689 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/shelby-county)[Guthrie County10,782 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/guthrie-county)[Calhoun County9,562 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/calhoun-county)[Sac County9,525 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/sac-county) ## Carroll County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Carroll County, Iowa? 8 utilities have service territory in Carroll County in the EIA-861 2024 report: MidAmerican Energy Co, Interstate Power and Light Co, City of Breda - (IA), City of Coon Rapids. The largest, MidAmerican Energy Co, charged residential customers 11.01¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Carroll, IA in? Carroll is in Carroll County, Iowa. About 10,085 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Carroll County? 5 operating plants with 298 MW of capacity. The largest is Carroll Wind Farm (159 MW, wind). ### Are there data centers in Carroll County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Carroll County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Crawford County. ### Is Carroll County adding jobs? Employers counted 10,938 jobs in 2025 against 11,469 in 2019 (-4.6%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 467 to 424. ### Does Carroll County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Carroll County. Iowa has 31 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/iowa/carroll-county Updated: 2026-10-08. 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