County profile
Franklin County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1711 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,033
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
533
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,299
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$77.2k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
24.6%±2.9%
Poverty rate
8.7%±1.7%
Business applications
337 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
28.6/10k 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
Transportation30%
Health care20%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation12%
Manufacturing12%
Education11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,299
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+307
International migration+136
Natural change−165
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$942.5M2019
$937.7M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.7k±$14.9k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
8.0%±2.4%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$31.6M
120 units · 4.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 84Winter weather 84Hail 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3442016
3692017
3972018
4242019
4372020
4932021
5652022
6072023
6482024
6732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 38% since 2021872021
792022
972023
1182024
1202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.6 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
82.2 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
54.0 km
TOPEKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Franklin?
Franklin's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 1.1% year over year — slower than 76% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.