County profile
Sumner County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1951 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$878.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,366
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
483
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,312
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$64.0k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
25.9%±2.6%
Poverty rate
10.6%±1.8%
Business applications
212 · 2025
Retail establishments
61
27.3/10k 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 care22%
Retail trade19%
Arts & recreation17%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing16%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,312
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+301
International migration+15
Natural change−345
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$757.4M2019
$733.2M2020
$807.8M2021
$894.4M2022
$933.7M2023
$878.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.1k±$14.4k
Median gross rent
$825/mo±$129/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±2.0%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$8.4M
25 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 81Tornado 79Drought 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2232016
2312017
2502018
2612019
2682020
2922021
3532022
3462023
3812024
3842025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -39% since 2021412021
302022
262023
262024
252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.2 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
UP
Nearest port
190.4 km
PORT OF CATOOSA UPPER LIQUID BULK TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
46.1 km
WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sumner?
Sumner's economy produced $878.1M in 2024, contracting 6.0% 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.