County profile
Kearny County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2772 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$265.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
692
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
83
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,888
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$89.1k±$17.1k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±4.4%
Poverty rate
4.5%±2.3% · low reliability
Business applications
36 · 2025
Retail establishments
11
28.4/10k 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 care43%
Retail trade15%
Finance & insurance12%
Transportation10%
Food & accommodation10%
Agriculture9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,888
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $64.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−255
International migration+87
Natural change+86
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$184.6M2019
$203.3M2020
$256.7M2021
$270.4M2022
$289.4M2023
$265.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$200.9k±$32.6k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$98/mo
Vacancy rate
9.6%±4.2%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$341.7k
1 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 94Hail 69Winter weather 38
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1922016
2022017
2112018
2132019
2172020
2572021
2482022
3212023
3022024
3642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202112021
12022
32023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
132.0 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
532.1 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
52.9 km
GARDEN CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kearny?
Kearny's economy produced $265.4M in 2024, contracting 8.3% 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.