County profile
Howard County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2707 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$295.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,038
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
179
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,180
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$65.9k±$7.1k
Bachelor's degree+
28.2%±3.7%
Poverty rate
12.0%±2.7%
Business applications
149 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
26.7/10k 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 care36%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation10%
Other services7%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,180
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $54.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+137
International migration+2
Natural change−122
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$242.5M2019
$236.4M2020
$265.6M2021
$288.9M2022
$300.2M2023
$295.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.4k±$12.3k
Median gross rent
$832/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
18.0%±2.7%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$2.3M
12 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 84Heat wave 62Drought 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1662016
1682017
1742018
1882019
1862020
2182021
2292022
2692023
2952024
2952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 202192021
72022
152023
112024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
11.2 km
CPKC
Nearest port
15.7 km
CAPITAL SAND CO GLASGOW SAND PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
55.0 km
COLUMBIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.3k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Howard?
Howard's economy produced $295.1M in 2024, contracting 1.7% year over year — slower than 84% 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.