County profile
Montgomery County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#980 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,042
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
705
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,177
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$55.7k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
15.9%±1.8%
Business applications
846 · 2025
Retail establishments
109
35.8/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Health care30%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction5%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,177
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−571
International migration+206
Natural change−863
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.8B2020
$2.2B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.2B2023
$3.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$101.7k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$761/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±2.2%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$5.9M
27 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 89Cold wave 88Winter weather 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1842016
1782017
1732018
1982019
1962020
2162021
2482022
2542023
2712024
2862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 350% since 202162021
42022
112023
52024
272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
81.8 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
UP
Nearest port
97.4 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
110.3 km
JOPLIN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Montgomery?
Montgomery's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, contracting 6.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.