County profile
Barber County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2846 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$228.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-11.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,238
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
172
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,083
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
27.3%±4.1%
Poverty rate
11.8%±5.0%
Business applications
42 · 2025
Retail establishments
25
61.2/10k 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 care29%
Retail trade25%
Manufacturing17%
Mining & energy13%
Wholesale trade9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,083
residents · 2025 · -2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $57.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−27
International migration+5
Natural change−93
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$186.5M2019
$188.7M2020
$205.7M2021
$241.0M2022
$257.9M2023
$228.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.0k±$17.6k
Median gross rent
$830/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
26.3%±4.5%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Wildfire 92Cold wave 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1332015
1452016
1432017
1742018
1742019
1432020
1462021
1662022
2212024
2222025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
12023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
119.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
10.1 km
VSR
Nearest port
284.7 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
120.0 km
WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Barber?
Barber's economy produced $228.6M in 2024, contracting 11.4% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.