County profile
Ripley County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2730 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$285.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,121
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
248
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$29.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,717
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$42.0k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
12.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
24.8%±4.7%
Business applications
174 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
44.8/10k 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 care37%
Retail trade23%
Manufacturing22%
Food & accommodation11%
Finance & insurance4%
Wholesale trade3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,717
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $50.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+380
International migration+22
Natural change−365
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$227.7M2019
$221.9M2020
$237.4M2021
$263.0M2022
$276.7M2023
$285.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$119.6k±$12.4k
Median gross rent
$654/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
22.6%±4.0%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 88Ice storm 79Heat wave 77
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202132021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
88.9 km
I-555
Nearest freight rail
33.0 km
UP
Nearest port
108.2 km
Pemiscot County Port, MO
Nearest commercial airport
131.4 km
CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$29.8k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ripley?
Ripley's economy produced $285.3M in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of 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.