Places/NE/Nuckolls County, NE
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 · 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 care52%
Retail trade19%
Wholesale trade11%
Finance & insurance7%
Food & accommodation7%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
4,100
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $73.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+86
International migration+1
Natural change78

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$261.0M
2019
$249.4M
2020
$333.6M
2021
$348.6M
2022
$415.6M
2023
$383.7M
2024

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 · 20162025
124
2016
151
2017
145
2018
169
2019
175
2020
168
2021
201
2022
230
2023
245
2024
252
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
33% since 2021
3
2021
3
2022
8
2023
6
2024
4
2025

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 · 20192023
$40.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Nuckolls?

Nuckolls's economy produced $383.7M in 2024, contracting 7.7% year over yearamong 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.