Places/KS/Pottawatomie County, KS
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 · 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care22%
Retail trade17%
Admin & support13%
Construction12%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
27,186
residents · 2025 · +6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $65.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+685
International migration+199
Natural change+882

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.3B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.6B
2023
$1.6B
2024

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 · 20162025
406
2016
417
2017
426
2018
442
2019
441
2020
474
2021
532
2022
591
2023
603
2024
620
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-27% since 2021
180
2021
145
2022
100
2023
117
2024
132
2025

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 · 20192023
$49.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Pottawatomie?

Pottawatomie's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 1.4% year over yearslower 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.