County profile
Jefferson County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2405 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$501.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,580
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
316
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,296
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$81.3k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
24.6%±2.3%
Poverty rate
5.6%±1.4%
Business applications
187 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
26.2/10k 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
Construction40%
Health care19%
Retail trade15%
Manufacturing12%
Food & accommodation8%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,296
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $60.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+211
International migration+15
Natural change−252
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$440.6M2019
$462.4M2020
$501.9M2021
$480.7M2022
$500.3M2023
$501.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.9k±$9.8k
Median gross rent
$835/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
7.8%±2.2%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$22.7M
80 units · 4.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 68Ice storm 67Landslide 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1902016
2002017
2132018
2252019
2322020
2582021
3052022
3152023
3402024
3452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 25% since 2021642021
692022
662023
612024
802025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
17.8 km
UP
Nearest port
48.6 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
39.8 km
TOPEKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.7k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $501.0M in 2024, growing 0.1% year over year — slower than 79% 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.