Places/MO/Lincoln County, MO
County profile

Lincoln County, MO

United States · GDP 2024
#1348 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,229
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,010
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
66,676
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$89.3k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
18.4%±1.6%
Poverty rate
10.2%±1.8%
Business applications
888 · 2025
Retail establishments
151
23.0/10k pop

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
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade22%
Construction17%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
66,676
residents · 2025 · +11.4% since 2020
Income per capita $54.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+5,850
International migration+158
Natural change+804

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.3B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.6B
2022
$1.7B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$244.3k±$10.0k
Median gross rent
$961/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
4.1%±1.0%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$34.3M
252 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 93Landslide 82Strong wind 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
215
2016
230
2017
242
2018
254
2019
264
2020
295
2021
343
2022
347
2023
381
2024
393
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
50% since 2021
168
2021
204
2022
102
2023
151
2024
252
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
18.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
24.8 km
WINFIELD-BATCHTOWN FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
51.4 km
SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Lincoln?

Lincoln's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 7.0% year over yearfaster than most 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.