County profile
Wayne County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#2786 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$259.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,573
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
196
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,782
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$47.2k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
12.7%±2.8%
Poverty rate
25.7%±6.1%
Business applications
112 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
30.4/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation17%
Other services7%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,782
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $48.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+264
International migration+14
Natural change−427
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$225.5M2019
$221.8M2020
$242.1M2021
$246.1M2022
$264.6M2023
$259.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$107.4k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$665/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
24.4%±4.8%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 86Cold wave 85Landslide 84
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2022
02021
02022
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
80.5 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
17.2 km
UP
Nearest port
74.6 km
Southeast Missouri Port, MO
Nearest commercial airport
79.9 km
CAPE GIRARDEAU RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.7k
avg. annual pay · +43% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wayne?
Wayne's economy produced $259.8M in 2024, contracting 1.8% year over year — slower than 85% 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.