County profile
Sullivan County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2250 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$618.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,872
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
102
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,738
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$57.0k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
15.5%±3.0%
Poverty rate
13.7%±3.5%
Business applications
53 · 2025
Retail establishments
18
31.2/10k 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 care37%
Admin & support22%
Retail trade21%
Finance & insurance8%
Wholesale trade6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,738
residents · 2025 · -4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $52.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−300
International migration+95
Natural change−35
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$471.3M2019
$492.7M2020
$512.4M2021
$448.0M2022
$592.7M2023
$618.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$115.6k±$20.3k
Median gross rent
$673/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
32.2%±3.8%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 81Drought 71Tornado 48
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
76.7 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
19.7 km
CPKC
Nearest port
89.7 km
AGRISERVICES OF BRUNSWICK DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
49.9 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sullivan?
Sullivan's economy produced $618.8M in 2024, growing 4.4% 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.