County profile
Douglas County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#583 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
38,737
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,774
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
120,920
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$69.7k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
53.2%±2.2%
Poverty rate
14.7%±1.3%
Business applications
1,277 · 2025
Retail establishments
348
28.8/10k 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
Food & accommodation26%
Health care23%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing15%
Professional services8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
120,920
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $58.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,048
International migration+2,578
Natural change+583
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.4B2019
$5.3B2020
$5.7B2021
$6.2B2022
$6.6B2023
$7.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$309.4k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
6.1%±1.1%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$111.7M
377 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 97Tornado 92Hail 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4922016
5082017
5362018
5572019
5812020
6422021
7302022
7912023
8202024
8672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 20215182021
4012022
2232023
2472024
3772025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.1 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
10.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
54.4 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
32.9 km
TOPEKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.8k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Douglas?
Douglas's economy produced $7.0B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.