County profile
Knox County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1956 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$873.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,459
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
249
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,335
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$64.6k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
19.0%±1.9%
Poverty rate
13.7%±2.1%
Business applications
82 · 2025
Retail establishments
40
47.8/10k 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
Retail trade29%
Health care26%
Food & accommodation14%
Wholesale trade13%
Finance & insurance10%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,335
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $64.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−15
International migration+20
Natural change−49
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$448.7M2019
$521.0M2020
$757.0M2021
$761.9M2022
$826.7M2023
$873.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.7k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$647/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
24.3%±2.4%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$7.9M
32 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 84Wildfire 81Hail 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1932016
1992017
1942018
2092019
2112020
2322021
2452022
3092023
2942024
3042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 45% since 2021222021
232022
242023
322024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
91.5 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
33.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
125.4 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
126.3 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Knox?
Knox's economy produced $873.9M in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.