County profile
Stanton County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2834 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$233.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
689
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
54
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,986
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$71.7k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
24.2%±9.5%
Poverty rate
1.5%±2.0% · low reliability
Business applications
23 · 2025
Retail establishments
12
59.7/10k 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
Wholesale trade45%
Retail trade15%
Finance & insurance12%
Food & accommodation10%
Other services9%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,986
residents · 2025 · -4.5% since 2020
Income per capita $76.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−268
International migration+169
Natural change+1
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$193.7M2019
$200.7M2020
$251.5M2021
$277.0M2022
$247.1M2023
$233.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$67.8k±$22.8k
Median gross rent
$705/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
16.8%±5.8%
Affordability
1.4× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
9.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Hail 58Lightning 38
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
193.2 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
CVR
Nearest port
557.3 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
93.0 km
LIBERAL MID-AMERICA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Stanton?
Stanton's economy produced $233.9M in 2024, contracting 5.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale trade.
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.