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Seward

United States · GDP 2024
#1405 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
GDP growth
+3.1%
Jobs tracked
9,557
Employers
556
Avg. wage
$53.0k
Population
21,073
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$63.8k±$8.3k
Business applications
245 · 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
Manufacturing42%
Retail trade16%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation11%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,073
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $48.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,174
International migration+337
Natural change+1,011

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.6B
2022
$1.7B
2023
$1.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$136.5k±$21.6k
Median gross rent
$905/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
12.7%±3.1%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
20 (0.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
42.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Wildfire 88Hail 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
236
2016
230
2017
229
2018
241
2019
243
2020
260
2021
289
2022
315
2023
309
2024
325
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
212.6 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.8 km
UP
Nearest port
467.8 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
19.2 km
LIBERAL MID-AMERICA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Henry$1.7BDallas$1.7BDavison$1.7BHill$1.7BVan Wert$1.7BCharlevoix$1.7B
The read

Seward's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% 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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