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County profile

Emporia city

United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
3,805
Employers
218
Avg. wage
$40.1k
Population
5,447
Labor & formation
Unemployment
7.3%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$7.8k
Business applications
91 · 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
Health care28%
Manufacturing25%
Food & accommodation18%
Retail trade16%
Admin & support8%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,447
residents · 2025 · -4.4% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−152
International migration+5
Natural change−107

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$148.5k±$21.6k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$98/mo
Vacancy rate
20.9%±7.1%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
4 (0.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
5.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 74Earthquake 38Ice storm 24
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2025
156
2013
166
2014
137
2015
157
2016
141
2017
161
2019
156
2020
181
2021
191
2022
246
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$40.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
The read

Emporia city is home to 5,447 residents and 3,805 jobs across 218 employers, led by health care. BEA does not publish state-level GDP for US territories, so no GDP figure is shown.

GDP: BEA (2025), 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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