County profile
Ford County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#933 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,828
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
803
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,993
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$70.8k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
20.7%±2.1%
Poverty rate
14.0%±2.3%
Business applications
315 · 2025
Retail establishments
120
35.0/10k 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
Manufacturing53%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Health care10%
Wholesale trade6%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,993
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $48.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,822
International migration+1,004
Natural change+1,576
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.4B2020
$2.7B2021
$3.1B2022
$3.3B2023
$3.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.1k±$13.8k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±1.9%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$16.7M
64 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$969/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Drought 96Ice storm 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2632016
2732017
2752018
2892019
2992020
3312021
3992022
4392023
4582024
4822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -24% since 2021842021
972022
1532023
1312024
642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
142.4 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
BHWY
Nearest port
402.3 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
10.5 km
DODGE CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ford?
Ford's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, contracting 1.8% year over year — slower than 85% 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.