County profile
Platte County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#456 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
45,216
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,659
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
114,400
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$96.2k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
46.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
7.0%±1.0%
Business applications
1,856 · 2025
Retail establishments
316
28.0/10k 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
Food & accommodation22%
Retail trade22%
Health care16%
Transportation15%
Manufacturing14%
Wholesale trade11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
114,400
residents · 2025 · +6.7% since 2020
Income per capita $75.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,221
International migration+1,731
Natural change+1,253
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$7.6B2019
$7.3B2020
$8.2B2021
$9.0B2022
$9.5B2023
$9.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$345.1k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
5.8%±1.0%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$145.1M
425 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
71.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 90Hail 90Tornado 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3932016
4162017
4472018
4752019
4962020
5492021
6432022
6822023
7172024
7542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -16% since 20215032021
2822022
1682023
2372024
4252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.6 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
8.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
19.6 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
10.5 km
KANSAS CITY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Platte?
Platte's economy produced $9.6B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 73% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.