County profile
Carter County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2955 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$162.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,114
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
150
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$34.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,418
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$50.0k±$8.9k
Bachelor's degree+
10.1%±3.3%
Poverty rate
20.8%±5.5%
Business applications
85 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
41.0/10k 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 care36%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction8%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,418
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+196
International migration+14
Natural change+14
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$131.4M2019
$128.4M2020
$142.8M2021
$149.2M2022
$158.3M2023
$162.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.4k±$22.8k
Median gross rent
$656/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
23.8%±5.1%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$1.7M
5 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 82Cold wave 79Landslide 79
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
22023
42024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
121.7 km
I-555
Nearest freight rail
27.0 km
UP
Nearest port
122.3 km
Southeast Missouri Port, MO
Nearest commercial airport
127.3 km
CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$34.7k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carter?
Carter's economy produced $162.8M in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% 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.