County profile
McPherson County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#3111 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$33.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
6
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
369
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$15.6k
Bachelor's degree+
25.7%±9.0%
Poverty rate
12.2%±5.1%
Business applications
4 · 2025
Retail establishments
3
80.2/10k 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 trade100%
share of top-1 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
369
residents · 2025 · -6.8% since 2020
Income per capita $74.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−30
International migration+1
Natural change+5
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$21.5M2019
$26.8M2020
$22.4M2021
$23.4M2022
$36.2M2023
$33.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.6k±$26.8k
Median gross rent
$588/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
20.9%±8.0%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
0.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$980/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 42Wildfire 38Hail 24
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
12023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
42.9 km
UP
Nearest port
397.9 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
58.3 km
NORTH PLATTE RGNL/LEE BIRD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.9k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of McPherson?
McPherson's economy produced $33.3M in 2024, contracting 7.8% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.