County profile
Kay County, OK
United States · GDP 2024
#1158 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,063
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,047
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
43,490
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$58.4k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
19.2%±1.6%
Poverty rate
16.0%±1.7%
Business applications
428 · 2025
Retail establishments
166
38.0/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care21%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation20%
Transportation7%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
43,490
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $51.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+174
International migration+183
Natural change−460
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$124.7k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$842/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
19.8%±1.4%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$4.8M
29 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$937/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 94Cold wave 94Tornado 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2332016
2442017
2452018
2492019
2572020
2902021
3152022
3332023
3502024
3602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 164% since 2021112021
162022
822023
152024
292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.7 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
8.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
141.1 km
PORT OF CATOOSA UPPER LIQUID BULK TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
73.2 km
STILLWATER RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kay?
Kay's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 1.1% year over year — slower than 76% 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.