Places/NE/Holt County, NE
County profile

Holt County, NE

United States · GDP 2024
#1908 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$913.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,139
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
429
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,067
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$68.5k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
29.1%±3.3%
Poverty rate
11.7%±2.6%
Business applications
88 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
69.5/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Health care34%
Retail trade23%
Wholesale trade14%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction9%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
10,067
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $67.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration148
International migration+134
Natural change13

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$659.4M
2019
$704.1M
2020
$824.0M
2021
$851.9M
2022
$898.0M
2023
$913.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$165.1k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$714/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
17.3%±2.6%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$6.0M
18 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 81Winter weather 72Wildfire 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
226
2016
235
2017
235
2018
242
2019
246
2020
263
2021
291
2022
312
2023
325
2024
379
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
64% since 2021
11
2021
8
2022
10
2023
10
2024
18
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
139.9 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
196.7 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
170.0 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Holt?

Holt's economy produced $913.3M in 2024, growing 1.7% year over yearslower than 72% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.