County profile
Audrain County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1705 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,259
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
470
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
24,528
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$59.4k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
16.8%±2.1%
Poverty rate
17.8%±2.6%
Business applications
263 · 2025
Retail establishments
86
35.3/10k 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
Manufacturing42%
Retail trade21%
Health care12%
Wholesale trade10%
Food & accommodation8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,528
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $49.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−128
International migration+16
Natural change−170
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$939.8M2019
$908.6M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.1k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$693/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
12.7%±2.3%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$5.9M
28 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 86Earthquake 77Drought 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2202016
2312017
2342018
2522019
2552020
2792021
3242022
3392023
3902024
3912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 100% since 2021142021
282022
262023
252024
282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.5 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
CPKC
Nearest port
56.5 km
Heartland Port Authority, MO
Nearest commercial airport
54.9 km
COLUMBIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Audrain?
Audrain's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.