County profile
Cherokee County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1767 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,974
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
325
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,105
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$57.7k±$6.1k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±2.7%
Poverty rate
14.1%±2.6%
Business applications
196 · 2025
Retail establishments
52
27.1/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Construction19%
Health care15%
Retail trade11%
Food & accommodation10%
Management8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,105
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $55.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+422
International migration−12
Natural change−606
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$794.8M2019
$864.6M2020
$939.2M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$100.1k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$799/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±2.5%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$2.5M
19 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Ice storm 85Tornado 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1602016
1612017
1762018
1672019
1822020
2042021
2132022
2632023
2692024
3172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 217% since 202162021
112022
82023
142024
192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.9 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
SKOL
Nearest port
119.7 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
30.9 km
JOPLIN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.7k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cherokee?
Cherokee's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% 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.