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St. Louis

United States · GDP 2024
#52 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$114.8B
GDP growth
+4.1%
Jobs tracked
629,036
Employers
29,717
Avg. wage
$74.0k
Population
990,911
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$82.9k±$1.4k
Business applications
18,891 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Reinsurance Group of America, IncorporatedFinancial Services$23.7B65B2Bunge Global S.A.Consumer Defensive$16.9B57C3Olin CorporationBasic Materials$6.8B71B4Perimeter Solutions, Inc.Basic Materials$652.9M49D5Reliv' International, Inc.Consumer Defensive$35.1M——6Enterprise Financial Services CorpFinancial Services———

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 care27%
Retail trade17%
Professional services16%
Food & accommodation14%
Management14%
Manufacturing13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
990,911
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $104.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−26,493
International migration+19,261
Natural change−5,673

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$84.6B
2019
$86.0B
2020
$94.0B
2021
$102.3B
2022
$110.3B
2023
$114.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$276.8k±$2.7k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$12/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±0.4%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
957 (1.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
99.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 100Hail 100Lightning 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
424
2016
444
2017
461
2018
479
2019
494
2020
537
2021
605
2022
649
2023
683
2024
709
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

24 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KReinsurance Group of America, Incorporated07-01
8-KReinsurance Group of America, Incorporated06-22
8-KEnterprise Financial Services Corp06-17
8-KOlin Corporation06-16
8-KOlin Corporation06-16
8-KEnterprise Financial Services Corp06-09
8-KPerimeter Solutions, Inc.05-28
8-KBunge Global S.A.05-22
8-KReinsurance Group of America, Incorporated05-21
8-KEnterprise Financial Services Corp05-15
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$74.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Collin$115.4BFairfield$113.4BDavidson$116.9BMontgomery$117.4BCapitol$110.9BMontgomery$110.4B
The read

St. Louis's economy produced $114.8B in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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