County profile
Phelps County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1223 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,928
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,050
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,247
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$58.4k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
32.4%±2.4%
Poverty rate
16.8%±1.9%
Business applications
589 · 2025
Retail establishments
186
41.1/10k 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
Health care30%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation13%
Manufacturing11%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,247
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $49.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+533
International migration+1,014
Natural change−836
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$206.5k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$798/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±2.1%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$18.7M
101 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$933/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 90Ice storm 87Earthquake 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1802016
1882017
1942018
1992019
2042020
2262021
2602022
2842023
2952024
3142025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 80% since 2021562021
1062022
1092023
1522024
1012025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.2 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
5.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
85.3 km
JEFFERSON CITY RIVER TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
34.1 km
WAYNESVILLE-ST ROBERT RGNL FORNEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Phelps?
Phelps's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.