County profile
Smith County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2866 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$220.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-15.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
874
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
126
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,566
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$59.1k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
25.6%±3.9%
Poverty rate
7.3%±1.7%
Business applications
30 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
75.2/10k 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 care37%
Retail trade25%
Wholesale trade17%
Manufacturing9%
Other services7%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,566
residents · 2025 · +0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $62.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+99
International migration+25
Natural change−122
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$160.9M2019
$179.9M2020
$236.2M2021
$214.3M2022
$260.9M2023
$220.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.1k±$9.6k
Median gross rent
$635/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
22.0%±4.2%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 95Drought 80Strong wind 71
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202112021
22022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
100.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
KYLE
Nearest port
268.7 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
106.4 km
KEARNEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.9k
avg. annual pay · +36% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Smith?
Smith's economy produced $220.8M in 2024, contracting 15.4% 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.