County profile
Wabaunsee County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2934 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$176.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
890
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
131
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,018
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$76.9k±$7.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.0%±3.0%
Poverty rate
8.5%±1.8%
Business applications
76 · 2025
Retail establishments
16
22.6/10k 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
Manufacturing36%
Construction18%
Health care17%
Retail trade11%
Mining & energy10%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,018
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $62.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+118
International migration+21
Natural change−12
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$152.6M2019
$153.7M2020
$168.7M2021
$160.4M2022
$186.5M2023
$176.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$177.3k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$780/mo±$124/mo
Vacancy rate
14.4%±3.3%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$5.6M
17 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 89Landslide 65Ice storm 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1262016
1352017
1392018
1522019
1472020
1662021
1892022
1952023
2002024
2022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 2021222021
382022
122023
312024
172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.1 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.6 km
UP
Nearest port
122.9 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
45.4 km
MANHATTAN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wabaunsee?
Wabaunsee's economy produced $176.5M in 2024, contracting 5.4% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.