Places/KS/Chautauqua County, KS
County profile

Chautauqua County, KS

United States · GDP 2024
#3058 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$101.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-10.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
501
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
69
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$36.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,321
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$56.4k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±3.2%
Poverty rate
14.9%±3.6%
Business applications
31 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
38.5/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Retail trade31%
Health care29%
Mining & energy12%
Food & accommodation12%
Manufacturing9%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
3,321
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+50
International migration+2
Natural change110

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$70.4M
2019
$74.3M
2020
$83.2M
2021
$91.0M
2022
$112.7M
2023
$101.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$65.5k±$7.8k
Median gross rent
$708/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
31.3%±4.8%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$341.7k
1 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
12.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 91Landslide 67Ice storm 54
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
0
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
1
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
94.0 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
23.1 km
SKOL
Nearest port
105.8 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
110.5 km
TULSA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$36.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Chautauqua?

Chautauqua's economy produced $101.0M in 2024, contracting 10.4% year over yearamong the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.