County profile
Dent County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2418 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$485.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,870
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
292
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,584
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$56.3k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%±2.4%
Poverty rate
12.2%±2.1%
Business applications
171 · 2025
Retail establishments
39
26.6/10k 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 care24%
Manufacturing22%
Wholesale trade20%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation12%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,584
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $46.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+760
International migration−14
Natural change−557
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$378.3M2019
$383.0M2020
$408.8M2021
$435.4M2022
$465.8M2023
$485.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$167.5k±$13.3k
Median gross rent
$660/mo±$118/mo
Vacancy rate
17.6%±3.7%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$730.9k
3 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$892/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 92Heat wave 79Earthquake 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1242016
1272017
1312018
1392019
1382020
1582021
1812022
2062023
2192024
2352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 200% since 202112021
52022
12023
32024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.5 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
32.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
112.0 km
Jefferson County Port, MO
Nearest commercial airport
57.7 km
WAYNESVILLE-ST ROBERT RGNL FORNEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.5k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dent?
Dent's economy produced $485.7M in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.