Places/KS/Pawnee County, KS
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 · 20202025
5,991
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration109
International migration+0
Natural change152

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$282.6M
2019
$290.4M
2020
$323.4M
2021
$311.6M
2022
$354.7M
2023
$352.8M
2024

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 · 20162025
152
2016
129
2017
140
2018
134
2019
141
2020
153
2021
178
2022
175
2023
214
2024
240
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-100% since 2021
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025

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 · 20192023
$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Pawnee?

Pawnee's economy produced $352.8M in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over yearslower 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.