County profile
Buchanan County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#601 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
43,357
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,027
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
83,540
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$62.2k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
23.9%±1.4%
Poverty rate
16.0%±1.4%
Business applications
936 · 2025
Retail establishments
286
34.2/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Health care26%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction7%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
83,540
residents · 2025 · -1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,920
International migration+1,471
Natural change−477
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.3B2019
$5.3B2020
$5.5B2021
$5.9B2022
$6.4B2023
$6.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.3k±$4.7k
Median gross rent
$902/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±1.2%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$10.4M
52 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 90Heat wave 90Tornado 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2882016
2892017
3052018
3182019
3312020
3602021
4152022
4462023
4772024
5062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -47% since 2021982021
772022
802023
722024
522025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.5 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
7.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
9.7 km
GLOBAL MATERIALS, ST JOSEPH, MO.
Nearest commercial airport
15.4 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Buchanan?
Buchanan's economy produced $6.7B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.