County profile
Woodson County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#3062 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$96.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-11.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
410
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
78
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$36.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,118
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$50.3k±$7.7k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±4.9%
Poverty rate
12.4%±3.8%
Business applications
43 · 2025
Retail establishments
10
32.1/10k 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
Wholesale trade25%
Health care23%
Retail trade19%
Mining & energy15%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,118
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $49.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+130
International migration+0
Natural change−110
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$77.6M2019
$77.2M2020
$89.8M2021
$90.2M2022
$109.6M2023
$96.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$81.2k±$16.4k
Median gross rent
$618/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
32.0%±4.3%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
14 units · 4.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
7.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 76Drought 64Ice storm 53
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 27% since 2021112021
92022
152023
152024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
60.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
UP
Nearest port
167.4 km
ADM/GROWMARK WOLCOTT ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
118.6 km
TOPEKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$36.2k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Woodson?
Woodson's economy produced $96.9M in 2024, contracting 11.6% 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.