County profile
Perry County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1615 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,794
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
520
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,093
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$63.0k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±2.6%
Poverty rate
13.9%±2.9%
Business applications
197 · 2025
Retail establishments
69
36.1/10k 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
Manufacturing49%
Health care14%
Retail trade13%
Construction9%
Other services8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,093
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+140
International migration+85
Natural change−111
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$188.2k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$923/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
12.0%±2.1%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$6.2M
39 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$952/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 94Earthquake 88Heat wave 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2052016
2062017
2162018
2272019
2322020
2542021
2682022
2922023
3232024
3292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 15% since 2021342021
322022
282023
762024
392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.9 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
11.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
17.3 km
GAVILON GRAIN, CORA
Nearest commercial airport
51.0 km
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Perry?
Perry's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 68% of 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.