County profile
Scott County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2345 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$551.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,300
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
206
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,815
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$68.8k±$10.7k
Bachelor's degree+
28.7%±7.0%
Poverty rate
6.5%±4.6% · low reliability
Business applications
69 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
38.7/10k 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 care40%
Wholesale trade14%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services11%
Finance & insurance10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,815
residents · 2025 · -6.3% since 2020
Income per capita $73.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−386
International migration−7
Natural change+61
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$272.8M2019
$353.7M2020
$379.8M2021
$451.9M2022
$489.1M2023
$551.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.0k±$15.0k
Median gross rent
$685/mo±$319/mo
Vacancy rate
1.9%±3.1% · low reliability
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$189.0k
1 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 98Drought 96Strong wind 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2092016
2082017
2122018
2182019
2332020
2722021
2912022
3292023
3062024
3232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
12023
172024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
70.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
KO
Nearest port
497.8 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
63.7 km
GARDEN CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Scott?
Scott's economy produced $551.2M in 2024, growing 12.7% year over year — faster than 95% of 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.