County profile
Worth County, MO
United States · GDP 2024
#3078 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$73.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
171
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
50
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$29.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,914
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$47.8k±$10.1k
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±4.5%
Poverty rate
20.6%±5.9%
Business applications
19 · 2025
Retail establishments
10
52.3/10k 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
Retail trade40%
Other services16%
Admin & support13%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation11%
Finance & insurance10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,914
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $49.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−13
International migration−1
Natural change−38
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$58.8M2019
$52.4M2020
$54.9M2021
$58.0M2022
$71.1M2023
$73.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$96.6k±$8.1k
Median gross rent
$381/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
24.1%±5.5%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 86Drought 69Landslide 62
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
22023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
61.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
89.6 km
HOLLIDAY SAND AND GRAVEL CO ST. JOSEPH PLANT & DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
88.9 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$29.7k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Worth?
Worth's economy produced $73.9M in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.