County profile
Sheridan County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2856 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$224.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
747
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
104
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,427
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$73.8k±$8.2k
Bachelor's degree+
24.3%±5.0%
Poverty rate
8.9%±3.3%
Business applications
34 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
61.7/10k 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 care30%
Wholesale trade24%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction10%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,427
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $66.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+16
International migration+11
Natural change−45
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$105.7M2019
$156.9M2020
$172.8M2021
$211.7M2022
$236.7M2023
$224.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$167.2k±$24.8k
Median gross rent
$689/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
14.5%±4.8%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
6.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 87Drought 78Strong wind 42
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
24.1 km
KYLE
Nearest port
418.4 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
96.0 km
MC COOK BEN NELSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sheridan?
Sheridan's economy produced $224.2M in 2024, contracting 5.3% 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.