County profile
Seward County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1405 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,557
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
556
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,073
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$63.8k±$8.3k
Bachelor's degree+
11.4%±2.3%
Poverty rate
12.2%±3.6%
Business applications
245 · 2025
Retail establishments
89
42.1/10k 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
Manufacturing42%
Retail trade16%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation11%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,073
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $48.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,174
International migration+337
Natural change+1,011
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$136.5k±$21.6k
Median gross rent
$905/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
12.7%±3.1%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$3.9M
20 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Wildfire 88Hail 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2362016
2302017
2292018
2412019
2432020
2602021
2892022
3152023
3092024
3252025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 2021272021
232022
202023
172024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
212.6 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.8 km
UP
Nearest port
467.8 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
19.2 km
LIBERAL MID-AMERICA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Seward?
Seward's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of 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.