County profile
Geary County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#854 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,910
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
566
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,338
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$59.3k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
26.2%±2.6%
Poverty rate
18.0%±2.1%
Business applications
421 · 2025
Retail establishments
85
24.0/10k 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
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care19%
Transportation15%
Manufacturing15%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,338
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $56.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,603
International migration+798
Natural change+3,383
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.1B2020
$3.3B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$172.7k±$13.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±2.2%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$23.5M
120 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 87Ice storm 85Wildfire 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3052016
2962017
2922018
3042019
3172020
3432021
3812022
4112023
4372024
4382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 650% since 2021162021
202022
452023
932024
1202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
6.7 km
UP
Nearest port
165.7 km
WHITE CLOUD GRAIN CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
16.9 km
MANHATTAN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Geary?
Geary's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.