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Wichita

United States · GDP 2024
#2618 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$353.8M
GDP growth
+10.1%
Jobs tracked
554
Employers
87
Avg. wage
$48.3k
Population
2,031
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$79.1k±$15.5k
Business applications
32 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing29%
Health care26%
Wholesale trade19%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,031
residents · 2025 · -5.5% since 2020
Income per capita $75.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−205
International migration+35
Natural change+54

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$209.7M
2019
$206.9M
2020
$246.3M
2021
$281.4M
2022
$321.4M
2023
$353.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$99.3k±$37.9k
Median gross rent
$942/mo±$127/mo
Vacancy rate
10.4%±6.2% · low reliability
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
0 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
8.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 89Drought 80Cold wave 39
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2011–2024
128
2011
141
2012
137
2013
149
2016
149
2017
156
2018
169
2019
170
2020
174
2021
194
2024

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
84.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
KO
Nearest port
531.0 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
82.3 km
GARDEN CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.3k
avg. annual pay · +5% since 2019
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Quay$353.6MBallard$354.2MLynn$353.4MTripp$353.2MPawnee$352.8MMeigs$352.7M
The read

Wichita's economy produced $353.8M in 2024, growing 10.1% year over year — faster than 91% of 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.
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