County profile
Pettis County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#911 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 50% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,225
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,004
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
44,254
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$60.4k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.4%±1.7%
Poverty rate
15.6%±1.9%
Business applications
634 · 2025
Retail establishments
175
39.9/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Health care20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction9%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
44,254
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+188
International migration+715
Natural change+347
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.6B2022
$3.2B2023
$3.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.3k±$6.3k
Median gross rent
$885/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±1.6%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$14.5M
117 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$978/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 88Tornado 80Cold wave 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2502016
2562017
2722018
2872019
2942020
3172021
3772022
4072023
4152024
4652025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 20211332021
992022
1132023
992024
1172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
UP
Nearest port
54.8 km
CAPITAL SAND CO BOONVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
93.1 km
COLUMBIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pettis?
Pettis's economy produced $3.3B in 2024, growing 4.9% 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.