County profile
Lafayette County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1721 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,755
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
732
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,531
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$80.6k±$7.0k
Bachelor's degree+
26.2%±2.7%
Poverty rate
9.3%±1.7%
Business applications
408 · 2025
Retail establishments
93
27.8/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Health care21%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction11%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,531
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+840
International migration+123
Natural change−488
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$866.9M2019
$921.2M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.5k±$12.1k
Median gross rent
$928/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
11.6%±2.4%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$30.0M
105 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 88Heat wave 75Landslide 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2242016
2422017
2552018
2682019
2812020
3182021
3712022
4012023
4212024
4512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 20211142021
872022
802023
1212024
1052025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.1 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
CPKC
Nearest port
16.0 km
MFA LEXINGTON GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
70.0 km
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN/WHEELER FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lafayette?
Lafayette's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% 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.