County profile
Saunders County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1769 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,397
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
604
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,702
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$94.1k±$7.4k
Bachelor's degree+
32.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
6.3%±1.6%
Business applications
226 · 2025
Retail establishments
73
31.1/10k 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 care22%
Construction21%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing13%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,702
residents · 2025 · +6.0% since 2020
Income per capita $72.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,170
International migration+19
Natural change+158
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$744.8M2019
$784.8M2020
$946.0M2021
$993.3M2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$271.7k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$960/mo±$103/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±2.4%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
$48.6M
180 units · 7.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 89Drought 77Wildfire 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2972016
3182017
3372018
3532019
3622020
4042021
4492022
5052023
5392024
5492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 9% since 20211652021
1402022
1222023
1352024
1802025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.0 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
UP
Nearest port
57.7 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.9 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Saunders?
Saunders's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 82% 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.