County profile
Laclede County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1250 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,972
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
729
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,943
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$53.3k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
16.3%±2.3%
Poverty rate
18.2%±2.7%
Business applications
547 · 2025
Retail establishments
152
41.4/10k 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
Manufacturing52%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation11%
Health care11%
Admin & support4%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,943
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $49.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,086
International migration+110
Natural change−311
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.4k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$809/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
9.1%±2.1%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$1.4M
4 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$903/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 97Cold wave 87Heat wave 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1702017
1752018
1822019
1882020
2212021
2632022
2812023
2912024
3112025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -93% since 2021602021
432022
872023
612024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.0 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
109.3 km
JEFFERSON CITY RIVER TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
40.7 km
WAYNESVILLE-ST ROBERT RGNL FORNEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Laclede?
Laclede's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 1.8% year over year — slower than 72% 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.