County profile
Cheyenne County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2939 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$173.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
518
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
105
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,604
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$55.4k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
22.0%±4.2%
Poverty rate
17.0%±4.9%
Business applications
24 · 2025
Retail establishments
12
45.8/10k 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 care45%
Wholesale trade18%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services7%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,604
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $61.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+36
International migration+1
Natural change−43
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$110.2M2019
$127.3M2020
$174.2M2021
$194.7M2022
$179.7M2023
$173.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$125.9k±$22.2k
Median gross rent
$656/mo±$95/mo
Vacancy rate
16.8%±4.6%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$75.0k
1 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 81Drought 67Winter weather 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
1302014
1202015
1352016
1262017
1332018
1432019
1362020
1562021
1992022
2142024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
42022
02023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
NKCR
Nearest port
509.4 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
107.8 km
MC COOK BEN NELSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.3k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cheyenne?
Cheyenne's economy produced $173.7M in 2024, contracting 3.4% 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.