County profile
St. Clair County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2792 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$257.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,222
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
161
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,976
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$53.0k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
14.7%±2.6%
Poverty rate
14.7%±2.6%
Business applications
115 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
34.5/10k 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 care39%
Retail trade28%
Transportation10%
Food & accommodation8%
Construction8%
Manufacturing7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,976
residents · 2025 · +6.7% since 2020
Income per capita $41.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+808
International migration+23
Natural change−213
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$164.1M2019
$169.4M2020
$188.6M2021
$215.3M2022
$265.2M2023
$257.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.1k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$622/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
23.0%±3.4%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$858.4k
3 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 81Ice storm 69Winter weather 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1242016
1322017
1422018
1462019
1502020
1722021
2032022
2332023
2532024
3262025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
42022
22023
122024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.6 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
26.3 km
MNA
Nearest port
127.0 km
MFA LEXINGTON GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
94.4 km
SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.4k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Clair?
St. Clair's economy produced $257.2M in 2024, contracting 3.0% year over year — slower than 88% 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.