County profile
Rush County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2906 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$195.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
851
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
98
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,845
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$60.0k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.2%±4.0%
Poverty rate
11.1%±2.9%
Business applications
35 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
53.0/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Health care21%
Wholesale trade17%
Retail trade14%
Transportation8%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,845
residents · 2025 · -3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $71.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+31
International migration+16
Natural change−144
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$151.0M2019
$149.2M2020
$181.3M2021
$165.7M2022
$211.9M2023
$195.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$83.6k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$711/mo±$127/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±4.5%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$620.6k
2 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
5.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 67Hail 62Ice storm 47
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2011–2021
1052011
1092012
1162013
1172014
1082015
1062017
1162018
1192019
1102020
1202021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
12023
22024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.7 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
KO
Nearest port
376.7 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.6 km
HAYS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.5k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rush?
Rush's economy produced $195.6M in 2024, contracting 7.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.