County profile
St. Charles County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#213 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$26.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
143,624
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
8,946
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
426,499
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$104.7k±$1.2k
Bachelor's degree+
42.7%±0.9%
Poverty rate
5.2%±0.4%
Business applications
5,783 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,072
25.4/10k 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 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
$18.4B2019
$18.9B2020
$20.6B2021
$22.8B2022
$25.0B2023
$26.4B2024
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
$581.5M
1,661 units · 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
4472016
4752017
4962018
5232019
5452020
6032021
6872022
7512023
7922024
8302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 20213,1002021
2,5982022
2,6772023
2,0402024
1,6612025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.3 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
NS
Nearest port
10.8 km
St. Charles Sand Co., Plant No. 2, Wharf.
Nearest commercial airport
13.5 km
SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):5,056,330 short tons/yr · America's Central Port, IL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Charles?
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.