County profile
Brown County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2771 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$265.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
844
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
145
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,826
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$54.7k±$7.0k
Bachelor's degree+
24.0%±5.0%
Poverty rate
13.4%±4.1%
Business applications
28 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
91.6/10k 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
Retail trade30%
Health care25%
Wholesale trade22%
Construction8%
Food & accommodation8%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,826
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $66.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−61
International migration+45
Natural change−61
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$219.0M2019
$216.3M2020
$229.7M2021
$225.5M2022
$275.5M2023
$265.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$113.9k±$17.6k
Median gross rent
$876/mo±$137/mo
Vacancy rate
23.0%±4.7%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$40.0k
1 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
2.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 68Hail 62Wildfire 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2025
1002014
1202016
1312017
1292018
1362019
1462020
1672021
1692022
2202024
2292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
12023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
157.2 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
13.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
290.7 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
157.8 km
NORTH PLATTE RGNL/LEE BIRD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brown?
Brown's economy produced $265.6M in 2024, contracting 3.6% year over year — slower than 89% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail 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.