County profile
Lincoln County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#916 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,421
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,018
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,303
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$65.1k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
22.7%±1.9%
Poverty rate
12.4%±2.3%
Business applications
350 · 2025
Retail establishments
163
49.0/10k 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%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation18%
Transportation12%
Construction9%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,303
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $71.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−851
International migration+224
Natural change−591
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.6B2021
$2.9B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.5k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$900/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
10.4%±1.9%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$42.4M
235 units · 7.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 94Winter weather 90Drought 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2892016
3012017
3022018
3042019
3112020
3342021
3842022
4082023
4392024
4542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 167% since 2021882021
452022
1662023
452024
2352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.6 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
9.9 km
UP
Nearest port
392.3 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
10.2 km
NORTH PLATTE RGNL/LEE BIRD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $3.3B in 2024, contracting 2.2% year over year — slower than 86% 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.