Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
HomeScreenerChatCompanies
Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
Places/MO/Howard
County profile

Howard

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
GDP growth
-1.7%
Jobs tracked
2,038
Employers
179
Avg. wage
$41.3k
Population
10,180
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$65.9k±$7.1k
Business applications
149 · 2025

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
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
$242.5M
2019
$236.4M
2020
$265.6M
2021
$288.9M
2022
$300.2M
2023
$295.1M
2024

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
12 (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
166
2016
168
2017
174
2018
188
2019
186
2020
218
2021
229
2022
269
2023
295
2024
295
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Van Buren$295.0MBear Lake$295.7MPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area$294.0MCoke$293.9MKent$296.5MIrwin$293.1M
The read

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.
HomeScreenerChatCompanies