County profile
Pottawatomie County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1460 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,572
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
703
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,186
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$92.3k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
38.2%±3.3%
Poverty rate
6.7%±1.2%
Business applications
278 · 2025
Retail establishments
79
29.4/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care22%
Retail trade17%
Admin & support13%
Construction12%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,186
residents · 2025 · +6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $65.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+685
International migration+199
Natural change+882
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$245.9k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$924/mo±$105/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±2.6%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
$44.1M
132 units · 4.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
30.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 91Ice storm 86Landslide 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4062016
4172017
4262018
4422019
4412020
4742021
5322022
5912023
6032024
6202025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 20211802021
1452022
1002023
1172024
1322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
16.9 km
UP
Nearest port
111.9 km
WHITE CLOUD GRAIN CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
38.7 km
MANHATTAN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pottawatomie?
Pottawatomie's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 1.4% year over year — slower than 75% of 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.