County profile
Bourbon County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2078 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$748.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,305
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
363
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,319
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$59.2k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
23.9%±3.5%
Poverty rate
13.6%±2.8%
Business applications
139 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
37.4/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Retail trade20%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade11%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,319
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $49.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+18
International migration−6
Natural change−35
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$622.2M2019
$620.0M2020
$644.1M2021
$709.8M2022
$757.8M2023
$748.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$113.8k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$752/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±3.0%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$600.0k
10 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$936/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 89Drought 77Ice storm 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1252016
1292017
1402018
1472019
1412020
1622021
1822022
1962023
2092024
2192025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 25% since 202182021
02022
42023
92024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.9 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
12.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
141.3 km
MID-WEST TERMINAL WAREHOUSE CO WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
84.0 km
JOPLIN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bourbon?
Bourbon's economy produced $748.5M in 2024, contracting 1.2% year over year — slower than 83% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.