County profile
Pawnee County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2622 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 4% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$352.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,558
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
140
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,991
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$63.5k±$7.9k
Bachelor's degree+
18.0%±3.3%
Poverty rate
11.5%±3.2%
Business applications
46 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
36.4/10k 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 care59%
Food & accommodation14%
Retail trade12%
Construction6%
Professional services4%
Manufacturing4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,991
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−109
International migration+0
Natural change−152
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$282.6M2019
$290.4M2020
$323.4M2021
$311.6M2022
$354.7M2023
$352.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$93.0k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$795/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
21.8%±5.3%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 91Hail 90Cold wave 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1292017
1402018
1342019
1412020
1532021
1782022
1752023
2142024
2402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202112021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
77.0 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
KO
Nearest port
377.5 km
PORT OF CATOOSA UPPER LIQUID BULK TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
73.5 km
HAYS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pawnee?
Pawnee's economy produced $352.8M in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 82% 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.