County profile
Lincoln County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2986 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$148.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-23.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
635
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
85
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,861
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$57.5k±$6.1k
Bachelor's degree+
25.9%±3.9%
Poverty rate
11.3%±3.4%
Business applications
29 · 2025
Retail establishments
12
41.4/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Health care25%
Wholesale trade16%
Admin & support14%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,861
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+10
International migration+3
Natural change−100
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$110.2M2019
$139.7M2020
$148.4M2021
$150.1M2022
$193.4M2023
$148.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$96.9k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$634/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
23.4%±4.8%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 88Ice storm 84Wildfire 59
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202112021
12022
02023
22024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
KO
Nearest port
265.2 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
55.8 km
SALINA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $148.0M in 2024, contracting 23.5% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.