County profile
Clay County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2444 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$469.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,062
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
183
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,170
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$79.0k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.3%±2.3%
Poverty rate
6.9%±1.6%
Business applications
57 · 2025
Retail establishments
17
27.8/10k 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
Construction28%
Wholesale trade20%
Retail trade19%
Transportation15%
Health care11%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,170
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $67.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7
International migration+29
Natural change+40
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$336.9M2019
$356.4M2020
$461.6M2021
$450.4M2022
$499.4M2023
$469.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.6k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$645/mo±$105/mo
Vacancy rate
11.6%±2.9%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$7.9M
18 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 98Strong wind 98Drought 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1572016
1652017
1702018
1962019
1992020
2132021
2502022
2482023
3112024
3092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 64% since 2021112021
112022
112023
102024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
9.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
187.0 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
53.9 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clay?
Clay's economy produced $469.1M in 2024, contracting 6.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.