County profile
Jackson County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2397 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$507.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,024
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
260
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,438
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$75.2k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±3.2%
Poverty rate
6.1%±1.5%
Business applications
122 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
34.3/10k 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
Food & accommodation40%
Health care21%
Retail trade16%
Manufacturing12%
Admin & support5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,438
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $54.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+84
International migration+109
Natural change+11
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$381.2M2019
$395.1M2020
$449.1M2021
$422.9M2022
$492.1M2023
$507.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$207.3k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$814/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±3.3%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$5.0M
24 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 89Ice storm 71Winter weather 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1912016
2052017
2052018
2082019
2152020
2332021
2602022
2862023
3062024
3412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 2021432021
172022
302023
262024
242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.3 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
24.8 km
UP
Nearest port
75.8 km
WHITE CLOUD GRAIN CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
53.0 km
TOPEKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.3k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $507.8M in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 62% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.