Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
HomeScreenerChatCompanies
Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
Places/MO/St. Louis (Independent City)
County profile

St. Louis (Independent City)

United States · GDP 2024
#146 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$40.4B
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
195,963
Employers
8,468
Avg. wage
$76.3k
Population
278,144
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$56.2k±$1.3k
Business applications
6,806 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Centene Corp.Healthcare$174.6B81B+2Emerson Electric Co.Industrials$18.0B81B+3Ameren CorporationUtilities$8.8B74B4Post Holdings, Inc.Consumer Defensive$8.2B62C5Core & Main, Inc.Industrials$7.6B59C6Amdocs LimitedTechnology$5.0B——7Peabody Energy CorporationEnergy$3.9B59C8Stifel Financial CorpFinancial Services$3.8B76B+9Energizer Holdings, Inc.Industrials$3.0B67B10Caleres, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.8B54D11Belden Inc.Technology$2.7B74B12Spire Inc.Utilities$2.5B52D13BellRing Brands, Inc.Consumer Defensive$2.3B67B14ESCO Technologies Inc.Technology$1.1B77B+15Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$529.8M67B16Benson Hill, Inc.Basic Materials$473.3M——17Nerdy, Inc.Technology$179.0M43D18Cass Information Systems, Inc.Industrials$108.0M61C19PGI IncorporatedReal Estate$96.6M——20FutureFuel Corp.Basic Materials$95.7M56C21Stereotaxis, Inc.Healthcare$32.4M55C22The Marketing Alliance, Inc.Financial Services$18.7M62C23Cleantech Biofuels, Inc.Basic Materials$0——24Union Electric CompanyUtilities———

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 care32%
Food & accommodation16%
Professional services16%
Manufacturing13%
Admin & support11%
Finance & insurance11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
278,144
residents · 2025 · -7.4% since 2020
Income per capita $66.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−30,729
International migration+7,670
Natural change+839

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$31.3B
2019
$30.2B
2020
$32.7B
2021
$35.5B
2022
$38.6B
2023
$40.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$197.5k±$6.3k
Median gross rent
$997/mo±$15/mo
Vacancy rate
16.8%±0.7%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
272 (1.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
98.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 100Tornado 99Earthquake 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
478
2016
502
2017
523
2018
547
2019
572
2020
625
2021
697
2022
739
2023
775
2024
787
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.4 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
UP
Nearest port
3.9 km
St. Louis City Port, MO
Nearest commercial airport
10.7 km
ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):8,429,818 short tons/yr · St. Louis City Port, MO
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

89 filings from 19 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KStereotaxis, Inc.07-09
8-KBellRing Brands, Inc.07-08
8-KCore & Main, Inc.07-02
8-KPeabody Energy Corporation07-01
8-KBelden Inc.07-01
8-KFutureFuel Corp.06-30
8-KSpire Inc.06-30
8-KAmeren Corporation06-29
8-KAmeren Corporation06-26
8-KFutureFuel Corp.06-26
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$76.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Summit$40.3BMontgomery$40.1BSpokane$40.0BLancaster$40.0BBurlington$40.9BSonoma$39.4B
The read

St. Louis (Independent City)'s economy produced $40.4B in 2024, growing 4.6% 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.
HomeScreenerChatCompanies