County profile
Anderson County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2408 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$500.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,352
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
198
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,018
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$70.6k±$7.5k
Bachelor's degree+
14.0%±3.3%
Poverty rate
11.0%±4.2%
Business applications
73 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
37.8/10k 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 care33%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction11%
Manufacturing10%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,018
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $56.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+195
International migration+23
Natural change−39
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$273.4M2019
$319.7M2020
$465.1M2021
$461.0M2022
$492.7M2023
$500.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.4k±$21.8k
Median gross rent
$853/mo±$171/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±3.3%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$4.1M
19 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 76Ice storm 71Winter weather 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1382016
1292017
1272018
1582019
1532020
1832021
2232022
2652023
2712024
2752025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 27% since 2021152021
142022
212023
202024
192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.4 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
116.3 km
MID-WEST TERMINAL WAREHOUSE CO WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
88.0 km
TOPEKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Anderson?
Anderson's economy produced $500.5M in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% 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.