Places/MO/Ozark County, MO
County profile

Ozark County, MO

United States · GDP 2024
#2907 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$194.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
876
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
163
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$32.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,172
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$44.2k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
15.3%±2.5%
Poverty rate
21.5%±4.9%
Business applications
105 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
26.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade30%
Food & accommodation27%
Health care16%
Finance & insurance11%
Manufacturing8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
9,172
residents · 2025 · +7.7% since 2020
Income per capita $43.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,001
International migration+1
Natural change345

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$142.5M
2019
$148.4M
2020
$162.5M
2021
$174.9M
2022
$184.2M
2023
$194.7M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.6k±$12.7k
Median gross rent
$631/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
26.3%±3.1%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$1.7M
6 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 84Ice storm 82Landslide 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
98
2016
105
2017
106
2018
107
2019
113
2020
126
2021
145
2022
161
2023
179
2024
173
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
500% since 2021
1
2021
2
2022
0
2023
0
2024
6
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
87.2 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
42.4 km
MNA
Nearest port
118.8 km
SAND & GRAVEL EXCAVATING PROCESS (GALLOWAY S & G)
Nearest commercial airport
68.7 km
BRANSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$32.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Ozark?

Ozark's economy produced $194.7M in 2024, growing 5.7% year over yearfaster than most 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.