Places/MO/Franklin County, MO
County profile

Franklin County, MO

United States · GDP 2024
#619 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
35,466
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,702
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
108,090
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$73.2k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
23.7%±1.4%
Poverty rate
8.2%±0.9%
Business applications
1,396 · 2025
Retail establishments
361
33.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing35%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation14%
Health care14%
Construction12%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
108,090
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $59.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+3,776
International migration+174
Natural change745

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$5.0B
2019
$5.1B
2020
$5.4B
2021
$5.8B
2022
$6.3B
2023
$6.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$227.6k±$5.7k
Median gross rent
$893/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±1.0%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$204.4M
794 units · 7.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 94Heat wave 94Earthquake 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
252
2016
264
2017
272
2018
284
2019
291
2020
318
2021
364
2022
400
2023
419
2024
445
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
63% since 2021
488
2021
762
2022
547
2023
661
2024
794
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.6 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
CMR
Nearest port
17.6 km
WASHINGTON SAND CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
46.2 km
SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$50.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Franklin?

Franklin's economy produced $6.4B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over yearslower than 73% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.