County profile
Atchison County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2511 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$424.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-18.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,143
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
174
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,175
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$58.8k±$8.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.2%±3.1%
Poverty rate
11.6%±2.7%
Business applications
53 · 2025
Retail establishments
31
60.0/10k 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 care42%
Retail trade27%
Other services8%
Finance & insurance8%
Wholesale trade8%
Information7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,175
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+46
International migration+9
Natural change−182
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$298.0M2019
$329.9M2020
$439.3M2021
$522.3M2022
$521.7M2023
$424.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$106.8k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$631/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
16.1%±3.2%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 90Landslide 77Heat wave 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1242016
1182017
1292018
1242019
1262020
1382021
1732022
1762023
2162024
1892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
22022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.0 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
14.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
19.5 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
85.6 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Atchison?
Atchison's economy produced $424.6M in 2024, contracting 18.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.