County profile
Frontier County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#3055 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$104.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-30.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
384
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
70
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,655
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$70.1k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
25.7%±3.6%
Poverty rate
11.4%±3.6%
Business applications
24 · 2025
Retail establishments
12
46.1/10k 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 trade28%
Construction19%
Transportation15%
Health care14%
Wholesale trade12%
Finance & insurance12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,655
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+109
International migration+43
Natural change−1
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$87.0M2019
$102.2M2020
$137.5M2021
$141.2M2022
$148.9M2023
$104.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$149.8k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$666/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
20.4%±4.2%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
5 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 90Strong wind 81Drought 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2012–2021
1112012
1222013
1172014
1182015
1162016
1332017
1232018
1262019
1342020
1452021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 202192021
52022
42023
22024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
10.7 km
NKCR
Nearest port
377.8 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
39.7 km
MC COOK BEN NELSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.6k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Frontier?
Frontier's economy produced $104.2M in 2024, contracting 30.1% 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.