County profile
Putnam County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2915 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$188.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
633
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
89
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,546
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$63.5k±$7.8k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±4.7%
Poverty rate
15.5%±5.1%
Business applications
54 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
48.2/10k 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
Retail trade40%
Health care25%
Manufacturing17%
Finance & insurance9%
Other services5%
Real estate4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,546
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−114
International migration+4
Natural change−31
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$130.1M2019
$127.3M2020
$145.1M2021
$145.9M2022
$178.9M2023
$188.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$119.5k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$521/mo±$96/mo
Vacancy rate
36.8%±5.3%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 88Drought 71Heat wave 47
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2012–2021
962012
992013
902014
1092015
1042016
1122017
1072018
1202019
1192020
1282021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
73.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
22.8 km
CPKC
Nearest port
120.2 km
AGRISERVICES OF BRUNSWICK DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
58.6 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.7k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Putnam?
Putnam's economy produced $188.0M in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.