County profile
Riley County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#845 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,580
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,620
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
72,598
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$61.1k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
48.9%±2.8%
Poverty rate
19.9%±1.7%
Business applications
670 · 2025
Retail establishments
219
30.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Landmark Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———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
Food & accommodation26%
Retail trade26%
Health care23%
Other services10%
Construction8%
Information7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
72,598
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,799
International migration+1,867
Natural change+1,444
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.9B2019
$2.9B2020
$3.1B2021
$3.4B2022
$3.7B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$237.1k±$11.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
9.9%±1.5%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$60.5M
243 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 94Ice storm 92Wildfire 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5022016
5132017
5132018
5212019
5342020
5642021
6232022
6572023
7012024
7152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 196% since 2021822021
1362022
1122023
1262024
2432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.2 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.6 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
145.0 km
WHITE CLOUD GRAIN CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
18.2 km
MANHATTAN RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Riley?
Riley's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.