County profile
Butler County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#832 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,757
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,396
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
69,484
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$81.6k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
32.4%±1.5%
Poverty rate
8.5%±1.2%
Business applications
829 · 2025
Retail establishments
151
21.8/10k 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 care25%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
69,484
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $59.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,647
International migration+754
Natural change−266
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B2019
$2.6B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.9B2022
$4.0B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$217.6k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$956/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
7.8%±1.4%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$53.8M
214 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 96Winter weather 93Tornado 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3062016
3132017
3222018
3312019
3472020
3802021
4372022
4802023
5002024
5222025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 27% since 20211692021
1452022
6132023
2352024
2142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.0 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
192.9 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
54.3 km
WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Butler?
Butler's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, contracting 3.5% year over year — slower than 88% 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.