County profile
Morton County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2870 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$219.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
523
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
66
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,470
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$11.1k
Bachelor's degree+
17.1%±5.9%
Poverty rate
14.8%±4.8%
Business applications
20 · 2025
Retail establishments
7
28.0/10k 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
Information24%
Health care22%
Wholesale trade17%
Transportation16%
Finance & insurance13%
Retail trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,470
residents · 2025 · -8.4% since 2020
Income per capita $66.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−246
International migration+19
Natural change−4
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$120.2M2019
$135.2M2020
$174.1M2021
$173.8M2022
$201.6M2023
$219.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$96.1k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$632/mo±$221/mo
Vacancy rate
25.8%±7.6%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$540.0k
1 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 91Wildfire 73Hail 36
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
220.1 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
12.7 km
CVR
Nearest port
550.4 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
76.2 km
LIBERAL MID-AMERICA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Morton?
Morton's economy produced $219.4M in 2024, growing 8.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is information.
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.