County profile
Sedgwick County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#142 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$41.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
237,173
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
12,710
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
538,433
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$69.4k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
32.1%±0.7%
Poverty rate
13.9%±0.8%
Business applications
7,848 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,639
30.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$268.2M——2AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc.Technology$12.8M39D3Equity Bancshares, 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care22%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction10%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
538,433
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $63.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+607
International migration+7,296
Natural change+5,755
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$32.4B2019
$30.8B2020
$32.7B2021
$37.0B2022
$40.0B2023
$41.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$203.3k±$3.4k
Median gross rent
$998/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±0.5%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$657.1M
2,757 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 100Cold wave 99Tornado 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3372016
3482017
3652018
3792019
4002020
4442021
5082022
5532023
5792024
5982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 30% since 20212,1242021
2,5902022
2,8322023
2,6202024
2,7572025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.6 km
I-235
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
220.0 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
4.6 km
WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sedgwick?
Sedgwick's economy produced $41.5B in 2024, growing 3.8% 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.