Places/NE/Cass County, NE
County profile

Cass County, NE

United States · GDP 2024
#1728 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,687
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
615
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,657
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$91.8k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
32.2%±2.1%
Poverty rate
5.2%±1.0%
Business applications
287 · 2025
Retail establishments
55
20.0/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade29%
Other services15%
Construction15%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
27,657
residents · 2025 · +3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $68.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,026
International migration+59
Natural change7

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$798.4M
2019
$832.9M
2020
$989.4M
2021
$1.0B
2022
$1.2B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$254.9k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$996/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±1.7%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$10.7M
55 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 85Wildfire 74Landslide 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
241
2016
260
2017
264
2018
281
2019
289
2020
318
2021
365
2022
387
2023
406
2024
424
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-54% since 2021
119
2021
132
2022
121
2023
86
2024
55
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.0 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
UP
Nearest port
25.4 km
HAVEMAN GRAIN CO ROCK BLUFF GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
48.6 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Cass?

Cass's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, contracting 2.8% year over yearslower than 87% 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.