County profile
Saline County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1635 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,375
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
321
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,996
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$79.9k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.8%±2.8%
Poverty rate
8.9%±2.4%
Business applications
145 · 2025
Retail establishments
51
34.0/10k 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
Manufacturing48%
Retail trade13%
Health care12%
Education12%
Admin & support8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,996
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $55.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−544
International migration+527
Natural change+318
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$197.4k±$16.0k
Median gross rent
$914/mo±$96/mo
Vacancy rate
11.3%±3.4%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$7.5M
34 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 94Strong wind 84Ice storm 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2052016
2172017
2212018
2342019
2452020
2682021
3212022
3412023
3722024
3722025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021342021
292022
202023
372024
342025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
13.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
110.8 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
48.5 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Saline?
Saline's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 73% 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.