County profile
Macon County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2077 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$749.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,507
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
350
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,190
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$62.4k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±2.1%
Poverty rate
9.5%±1.9%
Business applications
186 · 2025
Retail establishments
60
39.5/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation21%
Manufacturing18%
Information8%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,190
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+189
International migration+36
Natural change−238
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$595.9M2019
$567.1M2020
$653.0M2021
$706.7M2022
$737.4M2023
$749.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$149.1k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$672/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
18.2%±2.7%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
13 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$936/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 82Lightning 75Tornado 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1652016
1752017
1752018
1772019
1862020
2122021
2142022
2522023
2712024
2872025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -72% since 2021462021
52022
92023
292024
132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
95.5 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
71.7 km
U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT OFFICE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
29.3 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Macon?
Macon's economy produced $749.6M in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 73% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.