County profile
Gage County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1468 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,835
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
637
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,711
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±2.0%
Poverty rate
12.6%±2.3%
Business applications
168 · 2025
Retail establishments
103
47.5/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care26%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,711
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $81.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+557
International migration+18
Natural change−521
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$975.9M2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$174.0k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$774/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±1.9%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$8.0M
28 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 89Strong wind 79Wildfire 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2372016
2452017
2572018
2702019
2712020
3042021
3402022
3872023
4072024
4402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -76% since 20211162021
412022
312023
452024
282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
61.8 km
I-180
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
85.2 km
HEARTLAND CO-OP
Nearest commercial airport
65.8 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Gage?
Gage's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of 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.