County profile
Mercer County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#3006 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$136.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
384
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
79
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,404
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$62.7k±$14.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.1%±3.9%
Poverty rate
13.5%±5.4%
Business applications
62 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
38.1/10k 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 trade27%
Health care21%
Manufacturing16%
Construction13%
Transportation12%
Other services12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,404
residents · 2025 · -3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−153
International migration+47
Natural change−5
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$111.5M2019
$104.2M2020
$133.1M2021
$121.4M2022
$140.4M2023
$136.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$104.9k±$15.3k
Median gross rent
$590/mo±$150/mo
Vacancy rate
31.5%±4.5%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$80.0k
1 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
12.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 79Drought 77Wildfire 48
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
UP
Nearest port
117.4 km
AGRISERVICES OF BRUNSWICK DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
94.3 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Mercer?
Mercer's economy produced $136.6M in 2024, contracting 2.7% year over year — slower than 87% 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.