County profile
Cloud County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2386 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$516.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,666
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
287
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,833
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$58.8k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.8%±3.3%
Poverty rate
10.0%±2.3%
Business applications
104 · 2025
Retail establishments
45
51.5/10k 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 care28%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation17%
Wholesale trade11%
Manufacturing11%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,833
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $53.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+29
International migration+59
Natural change−257
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$402.3M2019
$416.8M2020
$468.7M2021
$492.7M2022
$560.4M2023
$516.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$100.0k±$8.1k
Median gross rent
$769/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
14.5%±3.6%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$570.0k
2 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 84Ice storm 82Winter weather 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1312016
1282017
1282018
1262019
1392020
1442021
1662022
1832023
2072024
2102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
12022
02023
22024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
64.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
7.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
198.4 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
76.7 km
SALINA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.6k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cloud?
Cloud's economy produced $516.4M in 2024, contracting 7.8% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.