County profile
Ellis County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1255 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,808
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,110
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,075
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
38.9%±3.0%
Poverty rate
18.3%±2.4%
Business applications
292 · 2025
Retail establishments
162
55.8/10k 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 care32%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing11%
Construction8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,075
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $58.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−435
International migration+258
Natural change+295
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.1B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.3k±$12.1k
Median gross rent
$943/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
7.8%±1.9%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$25.5M
110 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$941/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 85Winter weather 83Ice storm 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3302016
3322017
3322018
3382019
3482020
3722021
4152022
4482023
4572024
4732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 12% since 2021982021
582022
962023
362024
1102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.6 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
4.8 km
UP
Nearest port
354.3 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
8.9 km
HAYS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ellis?
Ellis's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, contracting 3.7% year over year — slower than 89% 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.