County profile
Norton County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2611 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$357.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,618
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
169
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,288
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$54.0k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.5%±5.4%
Poverty rate
7.2%±2.7%
Business applications
46 · 2025
Retail establishments
21
39.6/10k 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 care41%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade12%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade7%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,288
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $57.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−76
International migration+20
Natural change−109
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$231.5M2019
$262.3M2020
$301.2M2021
$363.3M2022
$392.8M2023
$357.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$101.5k±$20.6k
Median gross rent
$609/mo±$92/mo
Vacancy rate
18.4%±6.4%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 92Drought 84Strong wind 65
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
84.7 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
4.5 km
KYLE
Nearest port
358.5 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
75.1 km
MC COOK BEN NELSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.1k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Norton?
Norton's economy produced $357.3M in 2024, contracting 9.0% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.