County profile
Cheyenne County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2161 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$686.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,171
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
281
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,528
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$60.3k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
23.2%±3.4%
Poverty rate
14.3%±3.4%
Business applications
96 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
48.2/10k 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%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation16%
Professional services16%
Manufacturing11%
Transportation11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,528
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+139
International migration+69
Natural change−167
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$567.3M2019
$550.8M2020
$613.1M2021
$693.5M2022
$676.7M2023
$686.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$139.7k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$821/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±2.4%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$2.0M
7 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 92Hail 86Ice storm 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4572016
4002017
3632018
3872019
4092020
4662021
5202022
5822023
6232024
6082025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 202182021
52022
52023
112024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.4 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
SLGG
Nearest port
563.7 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
88.3 km
SCOTTSBLUFF/WESTERN NEBRASKA RGNL/WM B HEILIG FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cheyenne?
Cheyenne's economy produced $686.7M in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% 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.