County profile
Pike County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2167 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$684.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,438
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
395
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,955
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$55.0k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±2.0%
Poverty rate
16.0%±3.2%
Business applications
227 · 2025
Retail establishments
65
36.0/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade23%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,955
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $45.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+697
International migration+8
Natural change−156
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$541.6M2019
$534.7M2020
$598.0M2021
$639.4M2022
$697.4M2023
$684.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$146.0k±$21.7k
Median gross rent
$778/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
15.7%±3.0%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$2.4M
20 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$918/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 89Landslide 84Earthquake 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1412016
1422017
1442018
1562019
1642020
1822021
2042022
2132023
2242024
2442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 122% since 202192021
102022
242023
382024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.5 km
I-72
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
CPKC
Nearest port
16.1 km
WAYNE B. SMITH, LOUISIANA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
66.5 km
QUINCY RGNL-BALDWIN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pike?
Pike's economy produced $684.3M in 2024, contracting 1.9% year over year — slower than 85% 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.