County profile
Gentry County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2699 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$301.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,627
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
183
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,384
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$55.8k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
21.6%±2.8%
Poverty rate
17.9%±3.3%
Business applications
66 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
47.5/10k 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 care40%
Retail trade17%
Manufacturing15%
Wholesale trade12%
Transportation10%
Food & accommodation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,384
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $54.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+286
International migration+0
Natural change−28
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$250.1M2019
$240.1M2020
$258.6M2021
$265.7M2022
$294.6M2023
$301.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$134.0k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$636/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
17.0%±2.8%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$608.5k
7 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 89Heat wave 82Hail 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
1032014
1152015
1302016
1372017
1232018
1152019
1342020
1472021
1532022
1872024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 75% since 202142021
72022
22023
02024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.5 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
54.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
64.5 km
HOLLIDAY SAND AND GRAVEL CO ST. JOSEPH PLANT & DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
64.9 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Gentry?
Gentry's economy produced $301.2M in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% 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.