County profile
Howell County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1385 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,374
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,076
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,798
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$51.0k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.8%±1.9%
Poverty rate
20.3%±3.1%
Business applications
591 · 2025
Retail establishments
198
48.4/10k 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 care45%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade5%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,798
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $46.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,729
International migration−15
Natural change−754
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.0k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$733/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
12.0%±1.3%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$8.0M
67 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 94Earthquake 91Heat wave 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1812016
1832017
1922018
1942019
2072020
2342021
2762022
3122023
3132024
3302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -1% since 2021682021
332022
812023
532024
672025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
112.1 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
113.7 km
SAND & GRAVEL EXCAVATING PROCESS (GALLOWAY S & G)
Nearest commercial airport
109.8 km
WAYNESVILLE-ST ROBERT RGNL FORNEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.8k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Howell?
Howell's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 5.5% year over year — faster than most 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.