County profile
Labette County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1779 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,826
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
443
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,685
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$56.3k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.2%±2.4%
Poverty rate
16.0%±2.7%
Business applications
192 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
38.1/10k 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 care37%
Manufacturing32%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation7%
Transportation6%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,685
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−245
International migration+46
Natural change−277
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$879.6M2019
$874.6M2020
$898.4M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.6k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$746/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
15.1%±2.3%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$400.0k
4 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 91Tornado 84Drought 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1482016
1522017
1672018
1552019
1712020
1842021
2072022
2292023
2402024
2392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 300% since 202112021
22022
22023
02024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
53.0 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
SKOL
Nearest port
102.5 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
70.9 km
JOPLIN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Labette?
Labette's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 61% 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.