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McPherson

United States · GDP 2024
#1074 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
GDP growth
+1.1%
Jobs tracked
14,751
Employers
876
Avg. wage
$57.7k
Population
30,064
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$78.9k±$5.2k
Business applications
244 · 2025

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
Manufacturing46%
Health care19%
Retail trade11%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction8%
Education8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,064
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $65.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+273
International migration+158
Natural change−570

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.5B
2022
$2.6B
2023
$2.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$211.2k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$916/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
7.7%±1.8%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
115 (3.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
39.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$920/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 84Winter weather 82Hail 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
391
2016
397
2017
420
2018
428
2019
434
2020
461
2021
498
2022
516
2023
556
2024
589
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.7k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Texas$2.6BIndependence$2.6BCassia$2.6BClatsop$2.6BKnox$2.6BOktibbeha$2.6B
The read

McPherson's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 1.1% year over year — slower than 75% 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.
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