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Kearney

United States · GDP 2024
#2252 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$618.2M
GDP growth
-0.3%
Jobs tracked
1,627
Employers
180
Avg. wage
$47.9k
Population
6,790
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$78.6k±$10.4k
Business applications
54 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$353.2M
2019
$350.3M
2020
$434.9M
2021
$475.4M
2022
$620.2M
2023
$618.2M
2024

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
10 (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
189
2016
197
2017
203
2018
209
2019
212
2020
234
2021
283
2022
270
2023
309
2024
344
2025

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 GDP
Grant$618.8MSullivan$618.8MMonroe$619.0MFranklin$619.1MJohnson$619.4MSmith$619.4M
The read

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.
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