County profile
Scott County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#1190 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,139
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
970
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,975
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$62.8k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.1%±2.1%
Poverty rate
12.8%±1.8%
Business applications
475 · 2025
Retail establishments
140
36.9/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Health care27%
Retail trade12%
Wholesale trade11%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,975
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+219
International migration+73
Natural change−332
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.1B2023
$2.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.4k±$5.7k
Median gross rent
$873/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
9.1%±1.7%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$8.6M
69 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$930/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 96Ice storm 92Tornado 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1532017
1552018
1612019
1652020
1782021
2042022
2112023
2282024
2332025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 21% since 2021572021
502022
812023
1192024
692025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.8 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
7.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
16.3 km
COMMERCE MO
Nearest commercial airport
19.1 km
CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Scott?
Scott's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.