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Merrick

United States · GDP 2024
#2340 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$554.2M
GDP growth
+1.4%
Jobs tracked
1,766
Employers
249
Avg. wage
$52.8k
Population
7,905
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.1%
Median HH income
$68.4k±$7.3k
Business applications
81 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$416.8M
2019
$381.8M
2020
$462.3M
2021
$483.1M
2022
$546.3M
2023
$554.2M
2024

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
49 (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
169
2016
175
2017
187
2018
204
2019
202
2020
224
2021
265
2022
279
2023
301
2024
317
2025

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 GDP
Berrien$553.2MDeuel$553.0MHutchinson$555.5MCallahan$552.7MSanders$552.2MJefferson$556.9M
The read

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.
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