Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
HomeScreenerChatCompanies
Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
Places/MO/Cape Girardeau
County profile

Cape Girardeau

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
GDP growth
+2.2%
Jobs tracked
39,319
Employers
2,334
Avg. wage
$51.4k
Population
83,999
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$68.5k±$3.2k
Business applications
976 · 2025

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
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
$4.3B
2019
$4.2B
2020
$4.5B
2021
$4.9B
2022
$5.2B
2023
$5.4B
2024

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
99 (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
356
2016
359
2017
375
2018
384
2019
396
2020
429
2021
488
2022
510
2023
538
2024
566
2025

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) (CY2022):5,417,892 short tons/yr · Southeast Missouri Port, MO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Douglas$5.4BErie$5.4BCarson City (Independent City)$5.4BTuscarawas$5.3BManitowoc$5.4BDelaware$5.4B
The read

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.
HomeScreenerChatCompanies