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 · 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 trade29%
Other services15%
Construction15%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,657
residents · 2025 · +3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $68.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,026
International migration+59
Natural change−7
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$798.4M2019
$832.9M2020
$989.4M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.1B2024
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 · 2016–2025
2412016
2602017
2642018
2812019
2892020
3182021
3652022
3872023
4062024
4242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -54% since 20211192021
1322022
1212023
862024
552025
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 · 2019–2023$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cass?
Cass's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, contracting 2.8% year over year — slower 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.