County profile
Boone County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2311 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$575.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,707
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
199
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,355
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.2%
Median HH income
$74.9k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
19.7%±2.8%
Poverty rate
9.6%±2.1%
Business applications
51 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
55.7/10k 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
Health care35%
Wholesale trade20%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing11%
Food & accommodation9%
Real estate6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,355
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $71.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−38
International migration+64
Natural change−30
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$439.3M2019
$456.4M2020
$560.8M2021
$554.5M2022
$637.0M2023
$575.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.7k±$15.2k
Median gross rent
$850/mo±$144/mo
Vacancy rate
14.2%±3.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$7.2M
22 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Drought 90Strong wind 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1882016
1992017
2122018
2142019
2212020
2292021
2602022
2872023
3362024
3372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 450% since 202142021
02022
42023
152024
222025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
98.4 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
4.5 km
NCRC
Nearest port
160.4 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
84.6 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Boone?
Boone's economy produced $575.7M in 2024, contracting 9.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.