County profile
Burt County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2484 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$437.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,137
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
192
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,678
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$63.7k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±2.9%
Poverty rate
13.2%±2.5%
Business applications
69 · 2025
Retail establishments
25
37.2/10k 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 trade26%
Wholesale trade20%
Health care20%
Other services13%
Construction11%
Finance & insurance9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,678
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $61.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+98
International migration+12
Natural change−153
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$320.2M2019
$296.2M2020
$401.3M2021
$395.3M2022
$422.1M2023
$437.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.0k±$19.3k
Median gross rent
$708/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
12.1%±3.1%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$4.0M
12 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 85Hail 85Wildfire 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1392016
1402017
1522018
1692019
1802020
1942021
2192022
2342023
2562024
2622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021122021
162022
82023
202024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.8 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
11.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
17.9 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
61.4 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.2k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Burt?
Burt's economy produced $437.5M in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.