County profile
Pierce County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2090 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$737.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,630
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
238
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,378
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$72.4k±$10.0k
Bachelor's degree+
23.7%±2.8%
Poverty rate
7.6%±1.8%
Business applications
81 · 2025
Retail establishments
36
49.0/10k 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
Retail trade24%
Health care21%
Construction16%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation13%
Wholesale trade12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,378
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $112.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−167
International migration+68
Natural change+133
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$346.4M2019
$331.5M2020
$467.5M2021
$562.6M2022
$719.5M2023
$737.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$196.0k±$17.3k
Median gross rent
$884/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
9.4%±2.5%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$4.3M
13 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 80Drought 72Wildfire 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1702016
1722017
1792018
1922019
1912020
2192021
2342022
2472023
2852024
2862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -19% since 2021162021
172022
112023
152024
132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
88.1 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
9.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
101.6 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
101.3 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pierce?
Pierce's economy produced $737.8M in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.