County profile
Scotts Bluff County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1134 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,822
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,017
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
35,586
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$63.6k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
27.0%±2.2%
Poverty rate
12.9%±2.0%
Business applications
324 · 2025
Retail establishments
143
40.1/10k 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 care30%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing13%
Admin & support9%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
35,586
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $60.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−522
International migration+289
Natural change−229
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.8B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.5k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$909/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±1.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$13.2M
40 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$987/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Drought 96Winter weather 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3872016
3962017
3962018
4152019
4162020
4602021
5122022
5392023
5662024
5882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 344% since 202192021
432022
292023
442024
402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
70.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
UP
Nearest port
606.9 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
9.6 km
SCOTTSBLUFF/WESTERN NEBRASKA RGNL/WM B HEILIG FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Scotts Bluff?
Scotts Bluff's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.