County profile
Marion County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2378 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$520.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,677
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
283
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,634
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$64.7k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
30.4%±3.1%
Poverty rate
9.2%±1.4%
Business applications
120 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
30.0/10k 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 care27%
Manufacturing22%
Education18%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,634
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $52.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+52
International migration+17
Natural change−228
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$413.0M2019
$410.8M2020
$442.3M2021
$454.9M2022
$534.9M2023
$520.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$124.2k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$727/mo±$23/mo
Vacancy rate
16.6%±3.1%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$11.0M
40 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 90Hail 80Wildfire 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1782016
1792017
1782018
1852019
1932020
2092021
2572022
2532023
2772024
2972025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 82% since 2021222021
112022
222023
352024
402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
36.6 km
I-135
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
218.8 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
68.1 km
SALINA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marion?
Marion's economy produced $520.6M in 2024, contracting 2.7% year over year — slower than 87% 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.