County profile
Garfield County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#3037 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$114.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
631
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
102
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,710
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$62.8k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
29.7%±5.7%
Poverty rate
8.8%±3.1%
Business applications
20 · 2025
Retail establishments
18
105.9/10k 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 care22%
Retail trade20%
Wholesale trade13%
Other services9%
Food & accommodation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,710
residents · 2025 · -5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $60.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4
International migration+0
Natural change−98
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$83.1M2019
$93.1M2020
$92.6M2021
$93.4M2022
$115.8M2023
$114.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$176.6k±$31.2k
Median gross rent
$490/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
29.2%±5.9%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$1.5M
4 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
1.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 50Drought 41Hail 38
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -60% since 2021102021
82022
52023
32024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
130.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
34.4 km
NCRC
Nearest port
222.1 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
119.6 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.2k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Garfield?
Garfield's economy produced $114.3M in 2024, contracting 1.2% year over year — slower than 83% 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.