County profile
Kearney County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2252 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$618.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,627
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
180
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,790
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$78.6k±$10.4k
Bachelor's degree+
34.5%±3.9%
Poverty rate
7.2%±2.8%
Business applications
54 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
32.5/10k 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
Health care31%
Manufacturing27%
Retail trade16%
Wholesale trade11%
Other services7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,790
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $99.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+20
International migration+47
Natural change+33
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$353.2M2019
$350.3M2020
$434.9M2021
$475.4M2022
$620.2M2023
$618.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$223.4k±$11.1k
Median gross rent
$857/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
5.8%±2.7%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$4.6M
10 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
30.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$993/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Drought 90Strong wind 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1892016
1972017
2032018
2092019
2122020
2342021
2832022
2702023
3092024
3442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -47% since 2021192021
102022
152023
92024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
262.7 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
25.0 km
KEARNEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Kearney?
Kearney's economy produced $618.2M in 2024, contracting 0.3% year over year — slower than 81% 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.