County profile
Merrick County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2340 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$554.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,766
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
249
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,905
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$68.4k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
18.3%±2.9%
Poverty rate
7.9%±1.9%
Business applications
81 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
34.4/10k 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 care28%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade16%
Construction15%
Wholesale trade13%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,905
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $64.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+292
International migration+22
Natural change−65
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$416.8M2019
$381.8M2020
$462.3M2021
$483.1M2022
$546.3M2023
$554.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.9k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$750/mo±$110/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±3.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$13.0M
49 units · 6.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Drought 92Strong wind 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1692016
1752017
1872018
2042019
2022020
2242021
2652022
2792023
3012024
3172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 53% since 2021322021
192022
532023
442024
492025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
NCRC
Nearest port
167.7 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
31.7 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.8k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Merrick?
Merrick's economy produced $554.2M in 2024, growing 1.4% year over year — slower than 74% 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.