County profile
Richardson County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2409 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$499.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,696
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
250
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,530
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$60.1k±$8.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.8%±3.8%
Poverty rate
10.5%±2.5%
Business applications
73 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
44.8/10k 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 care30%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing16%
Wholesale trade12%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,530
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $61.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9
International migration−4
Natural change−329
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$371.1M2019
$372.3M2020
$482.4M2021
$472.7M2022
$505.8M2023
$499.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$100.3k±$12.9k
Median gross rent
$691/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
12.7%±3.1%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$180.0k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 78Wildfire 67Ice storm 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1282016
1382017
1442018
1492019
1482020
1552021
1742022
1922023
2322024
2502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -88% since 202182021
12022
212023
182024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.0 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
UP
Nearest port
31.1 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
79.3 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Richardson?
Richardson's economy produced $499.3M in 2024, contracting 1.3% year over year — slower than 84% 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.