County profile
Barton County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1450 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,604
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
866
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
24,790
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$58.9k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
21.7%±2.2%
Poverty rate
15.4%±2.3%
Business applications
225 · 2025
Retail establishments
97
38.9/10k 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 care31%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction11%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,790
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $61.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−628
International migration+101
Natural change−113
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$126.4k±$12.0k
Median gross rent
$761/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
16.2%±2.7%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$2.5M
9 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Strong wind 91Ice storm 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2812016
2752017
2692018
2882019
2912020
3152021
3412022
3782023
3992024
4442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 125% since 202142021
132022
172023
122024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.1 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
KO
Nearest port
341.5 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
60.3 km
HAYS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Barton?
Barton's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% 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.