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St. Charles

United States · GDP 2024
#213 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$26.4B
GDP growth
+5.8%
Jobs tracked
143,624
Employers
8,946
Avg. wage
$58.0k
Population
426,499
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$104.7k±$1.2k
Business applications
5,783 · 2025

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
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation20%
Health care18%
Manufacturing14%
Finance & insurance12%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
426,499
residents · 2025 · +4.9% since 2020
Income per capita $72.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+12,767
International migration+5,230
Natural change+2,241

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$18.4B
2019
$18.9B
2020
$20.6B
2021
$22.8B
2022
$25.0B
2023
$26.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$320.8k±$3.6k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
3.5%±0.4%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
1,661 (3.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
92.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Hail 98Tornado 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
447
2016
475
2017
496
2018
523
2019
545
2020
603
2021
687
2022
751
2023
792
2024
830
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$58.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Manatee$26.3BGalveston$26.3BClayton$26.3BBerks$26.6BBenton$26.1BNorfolk (Independent City)$26.8B
The read

St. Charles's economy produced $26.4B in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most 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.
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