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Monroe

United States · GDP 2024
#1601 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
GDP growth
+5.6%
Jobs tracked
8,455
Employers
875
Avg. wage
$45.0k
Population
34,840
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$102.9k±$5.4k
Business applications
292 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation27%
Retail trade23%
Health care18%
Other services13%
Admin & support12%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,840
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $77.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+368
International migration−6
Natural change−481

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$937.2M
2019
$924.1M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.2B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$282.1k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±1.9%
Affordability
6.3× wages
Residential permits
65 (1.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
41.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 88Earthquake 85Landslide 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
226
2016
232
2017
241
2018
249
2019
253
2020
273
2021
309
2022
331
2023
355
2024
378
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.7 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
10.8 km
UP
Nearest port
15.6 km
GATEWAY FS, KEMPERS LANDING TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
32.4 km
ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Aleutians West Census Area$1.3BLogan$1.3BMason$1.3BWayne$1.3BLawrence$1.3BOsage$1.3B
The read

Monroe's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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