County profile
Gray County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1845 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$997.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+15.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,592
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
228
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,652
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$79.1k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
25.9%±4.4%
Poverty rate
8.5%±4.1%
Business applications
71 · 2025
Retail establishments
23
40.4/10k 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
Construction33%
Wholesale trade18%
Health care18%
Retail trade12%
Other services10%
Manufacturing10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,652
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $84.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−132
International migration+23
Natural change+122
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$588.8M2019
$608.2M2020
$665.4M2021
$778.7M2022
$863.1M2023
$997.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$206.0k±$26.4k
Median gross rent
$808/mo±$93/mo
Vacancy rate
9.3%±3.1%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
10 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Hail 95Cold wave 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
1572014
1532015
1632016
1802017
1722018
1792019
1922020
2072021
2252022
2862024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 2021172021
112022
152023
102024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
145.1 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
8.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
449.3 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
32.8 km
GARDEN CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Gray?
Gray's economy produced $997.5M in 2024, growing 15.6% year over year — faster than 97% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.