County profile
Nuckolls County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2574 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$383.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,136
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
156
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,100
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±3.2%
Poverty rate
5.7%±2.1%
Business applications
38 · 2025
Retail establishments
21
51.3/10k 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 care52%
Retail trade19%
Wholesale trade11%
Finance & insurance7%
Food & accommodation7%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,100
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $73.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+86
International migration+1
Natural change−78
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$261.0M2019
$249.4M2020
$333.6M2021
$348.6M2022
$415.6M2023
$383.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$96.5k±$12.5k
Median gross rent
$585/mo±$154/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±4.0%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
4 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 94Drought 87Strong wind 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1242016
1512017
1452018
1692019
1752020
1682021
2012022
2302023
2452024
2522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 202132021
32022
82023
62024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
17.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
194.6 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
90.7 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Nuckolls?
Nuckolls's economy produced $383.7M in 2024, contracting 7.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.