County profile
Jewell County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2996 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$142.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-21.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
430
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
81
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$35.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,830
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$52.6k±$8.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±4.0%
Poverty rate
10.6%±3.3%
Business applications
22 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
52.4/10k 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
Health care27%
Retail trade20%
Wholesale trade19%
Transportation13%
Food & accommodation12%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,830
residents · 2025 · -3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $62.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−41
International migration+10
Natural change−67
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$110.2M2019
$113.3M2020
$146.3M2021
$107.4M2022
$182.1M2023
$142.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$64.6k±$20.9k
Median gross rent
$608/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
25.2%±4.1%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Drought 74Ice storm 73
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
102.3 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
KYLE
Nearest port
224.7 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
120.8 km
SALINA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$35.6k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jewell?
Jewell's economy produced $142.5M in 2024, contracting 21.8% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.