County profile
Washington County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#2713 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$292.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,372
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
199
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,533
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$65.5k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
25.8%±2.9%
Poverty rate
9.3%±1.7%
Business applications
56 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
52.1/10k 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%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing17%
Other services13%
Wholesale trade13%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,533
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $57.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−88
International migration+76
Natural change+0
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$219.4M2019
$245.6M2020
$271.8M2021
$228.6M2022
$282.8M2023
$292.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$117.1k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$562/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±2.9%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 84Wildfire 78Ice storm 66
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202112021
12022
32023
22024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
85.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
11.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
139.8 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
79.9 km
MANHATTAN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.1k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $292.8M in 2024, growing 3.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.