County profile
Box Butte County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2112 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$724.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,699
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
291
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,494
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$68.9k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±3.7%
Poverty rate
10.8%±3.0%
Business applications
79 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
38.5/10k 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 care27%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade12%
Other services11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,494
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $60.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−382
International migration+111
Natural change−35
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$634.3M2019
$601.1M2020
$655.4M2021
$684.8M2022
$700.9M2023
$724.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.6k±$12.9k
Median gross rent
$752/mo±$174/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±3.6%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$100.0k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Hail 80Winter weather 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2342016
2302017
2342018
2492019
2552020
2652021
2992022
3112023
3282024
3352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
52023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
113.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
7.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
551.1 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
29.8 km
ALLIANCE MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Box Butte?
Box Butte's economy produced $724.9M in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of 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.