County profile
Nodaway County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1833 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,535
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
491
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,174
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$59.3k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
27.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
17.1%±2.3%
Business applications
185 · 2025
Retail establishments
62
30.5/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Retail trade20%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation16%
Other services6%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,174
residents · 2025 · -4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $45.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,132
International migration+218
Natural change+32
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$738.1M2019
$785.5M2020
$837.3M2021
$913.8M2022
$969.9M2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$177.5k±$14.9k
Median gross rent
$786/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
11.3%±2.1%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$11.2M
53 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$906/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 85Tornado 75Hail 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1872016
1852017
1972018
1992019
2102020
2362021
2712022
2982023
3002024
3322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -5% since 2021562021
502022
482023
492024
532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.8 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
43.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
54.9 km
WHITE CLOUD GRAIN CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
65.5 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Nodaway?
Nodaway's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.