Places/KS/Johnson County, KS
County profile

Johnson County, KS

United States · GDP 2024
#80 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$67.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
352,238
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
18,999
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$71.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
636,906
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$109.2k±$1.2k
Bachelor's degree+
57.6%±0.8%
Poverty rate
5.4%±0.3%
Business applications
9,801 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,857
29.4/10k pop
Industry mix · employment
Health care23%
Retail trade18%
Professional services18%
Food & accommodation15%
Finance & insurance14%
Transportation12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
636,906
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $95.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+2,057
International migration+13,020
Natural change+10,513

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$52.3B
2019
$52.2B
2020
$54.8B
2021
$64.7B
2022
$65.0B
2023
$67.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$391.2k±$3.1k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
3.9%±0.4%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.2B
3,237 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
94.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 100Tornado 99Hail 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
449
2016
482
2017
516
2018
540
2019
565
2020
626
2021
716
2022
770
2023
818
2024
849
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-12% since 2021
3,660
2021
3,461
2022
3,168
2023
2,714
2024
3,237
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.7 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
31.6 km
MID-WEST TERMINAL WAREHOUSE CO WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
33.3 km
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN/WHEELER FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$71.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rank
Sedgwick$41.5BWyandotte$15.5BShawnee$14.6B
The read

What is the GDP of Johnson?

Johnson's economy produced $67.0B in 2024, growing 3.0% year over yearslower than 63% of 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.