County profile
Rice County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1883 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$949.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,285
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
265
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,266
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$63.9k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
25.9%±3.7%
Poverty rate
7.7%±2.6%
Business applications
98 · 2025
Retail establishments
28
30.2/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade13%
Wholesale trade12%
Mining & energy10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,266
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $59.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−53
International migration+49
Natural change−112
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$582.9M2019
$535.2M2020
$709.9M2021
$830.5M2022
$913.3M2023
$949.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$104.6k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$753/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
15.3%±3.3%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$6.8M
15 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 87Ice storm 81Wildfire 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2112016
2342017
2192018
2242019
2372020
2632021
2992022
3022023
3382024
4052025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -42% since 2021262021
222022
212023
92024
152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.6 km
I-135
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
KO
Nearest port
308.3 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
68.6 km
SALINA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rice?
Rice's economy produced $949.4M in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.