County profile
Marion County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1448 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,807
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
797
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,525
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$62.9k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.6%±2.5%
Poverty rate
14.2%±2.3%
Business applications
375 · 2025
Retail establishments
123
43.3/10k 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 care36%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,525
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $54.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+270
International migration+58
Natural change−277
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$162.0k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$808/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
12.3%±2.0%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$12.1M
41 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$952/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 80Landslide 78Strong wind 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2282016
2332017
2372018
2482019
2572020
2832021
3222022
3502023
3602024
3932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -5% since 2021432021
332022
602023
382024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.9 km
I-72
Nearest freight rail
5.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
16.3 km
NORTHEAST MISSOURI ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE PALMYRA, FERTILIZER
Nearest commercial airport
39.7 km
QUINCY RGNL-BALDWIN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.6k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marion?
Marion's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of 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.