County profile
Custer County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1947 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$882.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,119
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
370
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,500
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$67.9k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.3%±2.3%
Poverty rate
7.1%±1.5%
Business applications
110 · 2025
Retail establishments
69
65.6/10k 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
Manufacturing27%
Health care24%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction8%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,500
residents · 2025 · +0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $63.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−81
International migration+41
Natural change+46
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$667.5M2019
$726.1M2020
$817.6M2021
$835.5M2022
$966.2M2023
$882.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.8k±$10.5k
Median gross rent
$853/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
15.6%±3.0%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$8.1M
25 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 82Wildfire 82Drought 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1812016
1752017
1872018
1952019
2012020
2042021
2432022
2492023
2582024
2742025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -11% since 2021282021
202022
232023
292024
252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
64.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
4.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
299.4 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
85.4 km
NORTH PLATTE RGNL/LEE BIRD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.3k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Custer?
Custer's economy produced $882.3M in 2024, contracting 8.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.