Places/NE/Cheyenne County, NE
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 · 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 trade26%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation16%
Professional services16%
Manufacturing11%
Transportation11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
9,528
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+139
International migration+69
Natural change167

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$567.3M
2019
$550.8M
2020
$613.1M
2021
$693.5M
2022
$676.7M
2023
$686.7M
2024

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 · 20162025
457
2016
400
2017
363
2018
387
2019
409
2020
466
2021
520
2022
582
2023
623
2024
608
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-13% since 2021
8
2021
5
2022
5
2023
11
2024
7
2025

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 · 20192023
$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Cheyenne?

Cheyenne's economy produced $686.7M in 2024, growing 1.5% year over yearslower 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.