County profile
Brown County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2134 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$702.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,268
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
277
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,104
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$62.2k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±2.5%
Poverty rate
13.8%±2.3%
Business applications
101 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
38.3/10k 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
Manufacturing30%
Health care29%
Retail trade15%
Arts & recreation10%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,104
residents · 2025 · -4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $57.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−177
International migration+32
Natural change−232
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$570.8M2019
$557.4M2020
$668.2M2021
$633.7M2022
$677.6M2023
$702.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$118.1k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$646/mo±$98/mo
Vacancy rate
15.3%±3.5%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 74Wildfire 71Hail 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2022016
1892017
2062018
2072019
2142020
2362021
2682022
2772023
2842024
3462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
22022
12023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.6 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
UP
Nearest port
28.7 km
WHITE CLOUD GRAIN CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.3 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brown?
Brown's economy produced $702.1M in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.