County profile
Antelope County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2048 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 50% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$776.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,523
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
218
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,352
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$66.1k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±2.4%
Poverty rate
9.2%±2.1%
Business applications
87 · 2025
Retail establishments
31
48.7/10k 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 trade26%
Health care22%
Retail trade22%
Professional services11%
Manufacturing9%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,352
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $67.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−6
International migration+14
Natural change+58
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$530.5M2019
$609.6M2020
$690.9M2021
$763.4M2022
$845.6M2023
$776.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$130.3k±$22.1k
Median gross rent
$692/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
16.3%±2.6%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$6.7M
20 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 92Drought 84Winter weather 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1392015
1612016
1432017
1462018
1602019
1612020
1752021
2252022
2152024
2442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 11% since 2021182021
112022
162023
172024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
125.2 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
2.8 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
141.0 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
135.9 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Antelope?
Antelope's economy produced $776.6M in 2024, contracting 8.2% 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.