County profile
Barton County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2380 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$519.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,467
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
237
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,795
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$51.6k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
17.4%±3.3%
Poverty rate
20.2%±4.4%
Business applications
136 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
28.9/10k 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 care25%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing16%
Construction10%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,795
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $47.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+220
International migration−8
Natural change−44
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$328.9M2019
$364.6M2020
$427.1M2021
$528.4M2022
$554.4M2023
$519.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$136.5k±$28.7k
Median gross rent
$805/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
15.7%±4.0%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$3.2M
46 units · 3.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Ice storm 83Strong wind 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1342016
1182017
1382018
1382019
1462020
1702021
1912022
2062023
2332024
2202025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
22022
62023
72024
462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.1 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
176.6 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
41.1 km
JOPLIN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Barton?
Barton's economy produced $519.6M in 2024, contracting 6.3% 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.