County profile
Harper County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2515 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$420.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,855
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
185
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,370
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$53.5k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
22.8%±3.5%
Poverty rate
17.3%±4.3%
Business applications
53 · 2025
Retail establishments
31
57.3/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care18%
Retail trade14%
Admin & support10%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,370
residents · 2025 · -1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $62.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+26
International migration+20
Natural change−142
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$286.2M2019
$290.7M2020
$324.5M2021
$350.9M2022
$382.7M2023
$420.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$83.8k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$690/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
27.0%±3.8%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$2.1M
7 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 88Hail 84Wildfire 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1192015
1282016
1412017
1292019
1332020
1472021
1592022
1852023
1912024
2222025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 250% since 202122021
42022
72023
72024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
65.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
9.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
233.7 km
PORT OF CATOOSA UPPER LIQUID BULK TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
76.3 km
WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +11% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Harper?
Harper's economy produced $420.9M in 2024, growing 10.0% year over year — faster than 91% 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.