Places/KS/Franklin County, KS
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 · 20202025
26,299
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+307
International migration+136
Natural change165

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$942.5M
2019
$937.7M
2020
$1.0B
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.2B
2023
$1.2B
2024

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 · 20162025
344
2016
369
2017
397
2018
424
2019
437
2020
493
2021
565
2022
607
2023
648
2024
673
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
38% since 2021
87
2021
79
2022
97
2023
118
2024
120
2025

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 · 20192023
$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Franklin?

Franklin's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 1.1% year over yearslower 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.