County profile
Kiowa County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#3007 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$135.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
738
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
73
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,432
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$75.5k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
28.3%±4.6%
Poverty rate
5.9%±1.7%
Business applications
38 · 2025
Retail establishments
9
37.3/10k 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 care40%
Other services21%
Retail trade11%
Transportation10%
Wholesale trade9%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,432
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $50.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−67
International migration+59
Natural change−14
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$118.1M2019
$139.1M2020
$153.7M2021
$141.7M2022
$148.4M2023
$135.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.3k±$13.8k
Median gross rent
$762/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
17.2%±4.4%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
6 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 92Wildfire 83Hail 67
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
12022
62023
82024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
146.2 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
5.6 km
UP
Nearest port
347.8 km
PORT OF CATOOSA UPPER LIQUID BULK TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
64.0 km
DODGE CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kiowa?
Kiowa's economy produced $135.0M in 2024, contracting 9.0% 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.