County profile
Cass County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#772 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
23,604
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,148
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
115,859
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$87.5k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
29.6%±1.4%
Poverty rate
6.2%±0.9%
Business applications
4,601 · 2025
Retail establishments
286
25.1/10k 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
Retail trade27%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction13%
Manufacturing10%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
115,859
residents · 2025 · +7.1% since 2020
Income per capita $62.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,574
International migration+113
Natural change+36
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.9B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.3B2021
$3.7B2022
$4.1B2023
$4.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$292.4k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
5.7%±1.1%
Affordability
6.2× wages
Residential permits
$184.5M
487 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 93Strong wind 91Tornado 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3692016
3932017
4272018
4492019
4692020
5312021
6122022
6582023
6952024
7122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -68% since 20211,5232021
1,1072022
4682023
6002024
4872025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
MNA
Nearest port
54.6 km
SUGAR CREEK CENTRAL PLAINS CEMENT RIVER TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
56.8 km
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN/WHEELER FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cass?
Cass's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.