County profile
Cedar County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2328 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$562.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,873
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
288
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,373
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$73.6k±$6.9k
Bachelor's degree+
24.0%±2.5%
Poverty rate
7.1%±1.5%
Business applications
77 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
57.5/10k 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
Retail trade29%
Manufacturing18%
Wholesale trade14%
Other services13%
Construction13%
Health care13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,373
residents · 2025 · +0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $66.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2
International migration+13
Natural change+1
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$405.9M2019
$454.4M2020
$578.9M2021
$586.9M2022
$619.3M2023
$562.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$185.0k±$16.7k
Median gross rent
$716/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
11.7%±2.0%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$8.9M
27 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Hail 84Wildfire 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1852016
1942017
1972018
2002019
2012020
2192021
2502022
2672023
2752024
2852025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 125% since 2021122021
92022
102023
112024
272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
43.2 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
20.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
73.3 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
74.5 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cedar?
Cedar's economy produced $562.2M in 2024, contracting 9.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.