County profile
Lyon County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1294 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,175
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
839
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,266
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$59.9k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
26.3%±2.4%
Poverty rate
14.6%±2.0%
Business applications
322 · 2025
Retail establishments
121
37.4/10k 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
Manufacturing41%
Health care18%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support8%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,266
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $50.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−710
International migration+745
Natural change+115
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.8B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$150.6k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±1.9%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$15.2M
59 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 93Winter weather 89Wildfire 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3362016
3482017
3652018
3762019
3962020
4292021
4752022
5422023
5572024
5612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -19% since 2021732021
352022
662023
382024
592025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.2 km
I-335
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
142.6 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
69.6 km
TOPEKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lyon?
Lyon's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, contracting 1.2% year over year — slower than 83% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.