Places/MO/Perry County, MO
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 · 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
Manufacturing49%
Health care14%
Retail trade13%
Construction9%
Other services8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
19,093
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+140
International migration+85
Natural change111

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.2B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024

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 · 20162025
205
2016
206
2017
216
2018
227
2019
232
2020
254
2021
268
2022
292
2023
323
2024
329
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
15% since 2021
34
2021
32
2022
28
2023
76
2024
39
2025

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 · 20192023
$47.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Perry?

Perry's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 2.3% year over yearslower 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.