Places/MO/Pike County, MO
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 · 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
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade23%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
17,955
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $45.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+697
International migration+8
Natural change156

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$541.6M
2019
$534.7M
2020
$598.0M
2021
$639.4M
2022
$697.4M
2023
$684.3M
2024

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 · 20162025
141
2016
142
2017
144
2018
156
2019
164
2020
182
2021
204
2022
213
2023
224
2024
244
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
122% since 2021
9
2021
10
2022
24
2023
38
2024
20
2025

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 · 20192023
$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Pike?

Pike's economy produced $684.3M in 2024, contracting 1.9% year over yearslower 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.