Places/KS/Kearny County, KS
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 · 20202025
3,888
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $64.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration255
International migration+87
Natural change+86

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$184.6M
2019
$203.3M
2020
$256.7M
2021
$270.4M
2022
$289.4M
2023
$265.4M
2024

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 · 20162025
192
2016
202
2017
211
2018
213
2019
217
2020
257
2021
248
2022
321
2023
302
2024
364
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
0% since 2021
1
2021
1
2022
3
2023
0
2024
1
2025

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 · 20192023
$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Kearny?

Kearny's economy produced $265.4M in 2024, contracting 8.3% year over yearamong 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.