County profile
Johnson County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2802 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$252.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
752
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
102
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,218
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$57.6k±$9.4k
Bachelor's degree+
17.7%±2.3%
Poverty rate
9.7%±2.1%
Business applications
49 · 2025
Retail establishments
20
38.5/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Health care21%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation12%
Finance & insurance7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,218
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $45.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+49
International migration+19
Natural change−137
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$186.6M2019
$184.7M2020
$221.5M2021
$245.6M2022
$247.8M2023
$252.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.5k±$28.0k
Median gross rent
$779/mo±$109/mo
Vacancy rate
18.6%±4.1%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$1.0M
4 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$982/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 78Hail 50Drought 46
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -20% since 202152021
22022
62023
62024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
52.4 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
47.6 km
HEARTLAND CO-OP
Nearest commercial airport
65.8 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.5k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Johnson?
Johnson's economy produced $252.7M in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% 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.