County profile
Chariton County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2579 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$379.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,245
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
197
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,377
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$71.5k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±3.0%
Poverty rate
8.8%±1.9%
Business applications
92 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
47.4/10k 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 care28%
Retail trade24%
Wholesale trade18%
Other services11%
Manufacturing10%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,377
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $55.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+162
International migration+48
Natural change−220
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$290.8M2019
$294.9M2020
$335.1M2021
$367.3M2022
$392.6M2023
$379.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.9k±$14.9k
Median gross rent
$567/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
29.2%±3.3%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$800.0k
2 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 73Landslide 68Heat wave 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2024
992015
1092016
1272017
1192018
1062019
1172020
1492021
1692022
1622023
1742024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 100% since 202112021
12022
12023
12024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.3 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
11.7 km
NS
Nearest port
23.6 km
AGRISERVICES OF BRUNSWICK DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
73.5 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.3k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chariton?
Chariton's economy produced $379.5M in 2024, contracting 3.4% year over year — slower 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.