Places/MO/Carroll County, MO
County profile

Carroll County, MO

United States · GDP 2024
#2517 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$419.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,548
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
200
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,417
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$62.2k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
19.3%±2.8%
Poverty rate
13.7%±3.2%
Business applications
110 · 2025
Retail establishments
32
38.0/10k 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
Health care36%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Other services13%
Manufacturing11%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
8,417
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $62.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+160
International migration2
Natural change203

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$371.8M
2019
$334.5M
2020
$391.9M
2021
$436.0M
2022
$434.4M
2023
$419.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$117.5k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$822/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
19.6%±3.5%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$6.2M
18 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Tornado 57Heat wave 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
135
2016
127
2017
131
2018
144
2019
152
2020
171
2021
181
2022
211
2023
219
2024
209
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
64% since 2021
11
2021
30
2022
17
2023
31
2024
18
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
7.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
23.7 km
BARTLETT AND CO WAVERLY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
99.7 km
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN/WHEELER FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$41.4k
avg. annual pay · +9% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Carroll?

Carroll's economy produced $419.8M in 2024, contracting 3.4% year over yearslower than 88% 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.