County profile
Adair County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1758 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,275
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
606
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,684
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$61.5k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
35.5%±3.5%
Poverty rate
22.0%±2.4%
Business applications
279 · 2025
Retail establishments
100
39.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
Health care28%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing12%
Education9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,684
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $41.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−533
International migration+740
Natural change+203
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$843.1M2019
$852.9M2020
$900.4M2021
$955.1M2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$165.7k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$772/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
19.9%±2.8%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
9 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 86Tornado 75Heat wave 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2092016
2112017
2242018
2232019
2242020
2472021
2752022
2972023
3072024
3252025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -57% since 2021212021
672022
182023
182024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
111.8 km
I-172
Nearest freight rail
18.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
92.5 km
AYERS OIL CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
11.8 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Adair?
Adair's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.