County profile
Newton County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#961 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
22,540
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,251
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
62,263
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$66.3k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
13.5%±1.7%
Business applications
720 · 2025
Retail establishments
195
31.7/10k 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 care37%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support7%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
62,263
residents · 2025 · +6.1% since 2020
Income per capita $50.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,910
International migration+948
Natural change−273
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.2B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.7B2022
$2.9B2023
$3.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$190.7k±$12.6k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
11.0%±1.4%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$15.6M
56 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$947/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Heat wave 90Tornado 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1882016
1942017
2042018
2132019
2192020
2502021
2892022
3152023
3372024
3492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -60% since 20211412021
1142022
1142023
1032024
562025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.0 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
135.4 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
30.9 km
JOPLIN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Newton?
Newton's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 6.9% year over year — faster than most 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.