County profile
Otoe County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1368 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,041
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
470
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,531
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$82.2k±$6.6k
Bachelor's degree+
27.2%±3.1%
Poverty rate
9.1%±2.0%
Business applications
128 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
42.5/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Health care20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction8%
Arts & recreation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,531
residents · 2025 · +3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $62.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+275
International migration+349
Natural change+9
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$201.6k±$14.3k
Median gross rent
$914/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±2.6%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$12.1M
24 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 79Wildfire 67Drought 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2222016
2362017
2412018
2492019
2582020
2802021
3232022
3592023
3772024
3982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -66% since 2021702021
202022
292023
292024
242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.3 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
PVTX
Nearest port
24.7 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.2 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.5k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Otoe?
Otoe's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, contracting 1.6% year over year — slower than 84% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.