County profile
Rooks County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2843 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$230.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-15.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,219
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
165
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,646
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$62.5k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.2%±4.2%
Poverty rate
5.5%±1.6%
Business applications
42 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
46.6/10k 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
Health care32%
Wholesale trade17%
Retail trade16%
Manufacturing14%
Other services12%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,646
residents · 2025 · -4.9% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−139
International migration+5
Natural change−108
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$184.2M2019
$192.3M2020
$220.6M2021
$212.8M2022
$274.0M2023
$230.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$89.0k±$20.1k
Median gross rent
$676/mo±$117/mo
Vacancy rate
18.9%±4.1%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$525.0k
3 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 93Drought 80Strong wind 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2012–2021
1252012
1182013
1382014
1372015
1522016
1552017
1342018
1472019
1562020
1722021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 200% since 202112021
12022
22023
32024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
10.1 km
KYLE
Nearest port
331.1 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.7 km
HAYS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rooks?
Rooks's economy produced $230.4M in 2024, contracting 15.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.