Places/KS/Nemaha County, KS
County profile

Nemaha County, KS

United States · GDP 2024
#2191 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$666.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,895
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
371
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,054
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$77.3k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
29.9%±3.4%
Poverty rate
9.3%±2.2%
Business applications
93 · 2025
Retail establishments
49
48.6/10k pop

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
Manufacturing35%
Health care23%
Transportation12%
Retail trade11%
Wholesale trade11%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
10,054
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $74.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration222
International migration+43
Natural change41

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$472.4M
2019
$537.0M
2020
$615.8M
2021
$623.2M
2022
$667.9M
2023
$666.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$217.2k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$774/mo±$131/mo
Vacancy rate
10.7%±2.7%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$1.0M
2 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 83Ice storm 60Tornado 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
148
2016
147
2017
155
2018
161
2019
162
2020
179
2021
190
2022
210
2023
280
2024
265
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-88% since 2021
17
2021
18
2022
11
2023
13
2024
2
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.6 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
6.8 km
UP
Nearest port
65.3 km
WHITE CLOUD GRAIN CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
91.0 km
MANHATTAN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +39% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Nemaha?

Nemaha's economy produced $666.8M in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over yearslower than 80% 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.