County profile
St. Louis County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#52 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$114.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
629,036
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
29,717
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$74.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
990,911
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$82.9k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
47.4%±0.7%
Poverty rate
9.8%±0.5%
Business applications
18,891 · 2025
Retail establishments
3,211
32.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Reinsurance Group of America, IncorporatedFinancial Services$23.7B65B2Bunge Global S.A.Consumer Defensive$16.9B58C3Olin 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
$84.6B2019
$86.0B2020
$94.0B2021
$102.3B2022
$110.3B2023
$114.8B2024
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
$438.9M
957 units · 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
4242016
4442017
4612018
4792019
4942020
5372021
6052022
6492023
6832024
7092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -7% since 20211,0342021
1,7772022
1,1532023
1,1932024
9572025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
UP
Nearest port
0.2 km
St. Louis County, MO
Nearest commercial airport
13.7 km
ST LOUIS LAMBERT INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,511,350 short tons/yr · St. Louis County, MO
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR10 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$74.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Louis?
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.