County profile
Meade County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2671 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$318.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+14.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
790
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
124
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,852
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$71.9k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
26.5%±4.4%
Poverty rate
11.0%±3.6%
Business applications
39 · 2025
Retail establishments
17
43.7/10k 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
Construction26%
Health care26%
Retail trade20%
Wholesale trade13%
Other services9%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,852
residents · 2025 · -5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $77.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−240
International migration+40
Natural change−10
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$241.3M2019
$234.7M2020
$302.2M2021
$253.9M2022
$278.6M2023
$318.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$148.9k±$17.6k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
20.9%±3.9%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$341.7k
1 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Wildfire 88Hail 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2023
1512014
1262015
1582016
1362017
1572018
1612019
1722020
1652021
2082022
1802023
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202112021
12022
22023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
199.6 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
UP
Nearest port
427.0 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
56.9 km
LIBERAL MID-AMERICA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.7k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Meade?
Meade's economy produced $318.2M in 2024, growing 14.2% year over year — faster than 96% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.