Places/MO/Callaway County, MO
County profile

Callaway County, MO

United States · GDP 2024
#1054 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,703
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
782
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,765
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$74.2k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
24.6%±2.0%
Poverty rate
11.6%±2.2%
Business applications
597 · 2025
Retail establishments
129
28.5/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing23%
Health care22%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation12%
Utilities12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
45,765
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,358
International migration+126
Natural change33

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$1.8B
2021
$2.3B
2022
$2.5B
2023
$2.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$201.6k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$887/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
11.6%±2.5%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$12.0M
46 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 92Landslide 92Earthquake 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
227
2016
234
2017
246
2018
253
2019
258
2020
286
2021
336
2022
368
2023
402
2024
417
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
0% since 2021
46
2021
27
2022
20
2023
38
2024
46
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.1 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
3.1 km
OVRR
Nearest port
15.3 km
Heartland Port Authority, MO
Nearest commercial airport
25.4 km
COLUMBIA RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,145,830 short tons/yr · Heartland Port Authority, MO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$55.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Callaway?

Callaway's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 8.3% year over yearfaster than most 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.