County profile
Cape Girardeau County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#684 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
39,319
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,334
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
83,999
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$68.5k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
33.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
13.9%±1.5%
Business applications
976 · 2025
Retail establishments
360
43.1/10k 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 care38%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing12%
Admin & support7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
83,999
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $55.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,664
International migration+697
Natural change−201
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.3B2019
$4.2B2020
$4.5B2021
$4.9B2022
$5.2B2023
$5.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$220.7k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$881/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
10.1%±1.3%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$35.1M
99 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$992/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 97Ice storm 94Heat wave 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3562016
3592017
3752018
3842019
3962020
4292021
4882022
5102023
5382024
5662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 20211772021
942022
792023
802024
992025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.5 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
SLOL
Nearest port
15.9 km
Southeast Missouri Port, MO
Nearest commercial airport
20.3 km
CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):5,417,892 short tons/yr · Southeast Missouri Port, MO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cape Girardeau?
Cape Girardeau's economy produced $5.4B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of 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.