County profile
DeKalb County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2520 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$417.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,181
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
231
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,795
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$69.8k±$11.8k
Bachelor's degree+
16.4%±2.8%
Poverty rate
8.7%±2.3%
Business applications
111 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
33.4/10k 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
Retail trade32%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance14%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,795
residents · 2025 · -15.6% since 2020
Income per capita $46.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,668
International migration+32
Natural change−262
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$346.6M2019
$359.1M2020
$370.7M2021
$411.0M2022
$419.5M2023
$417.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.2k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$82/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±2.6%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$367.1k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 69Tornado 56Hail 50
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1322016
1392017
1482018
1552019
1582020
1802021
1912022
2142023
2482024
2392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 202122021
62022
22023
42024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
34.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
42.1 km
HOLLIDAY SAND AND GRAVEL CO ST. JOSEPH PLANT & DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
45.2 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of DeKalb?
DeKalb's economy produced $417.4M in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% of 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.