County profile
Seward County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1770 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,434
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
485
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,032
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$82.4k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
33.2%±2.8%
Poverty rate
7.4%±1.7%
Business applications
152 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
25.7/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care17%
Education17%
Food & accommodation14%
Retail trade14%
Construction12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,032
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $68.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+342
International migration+22
Natural change+52
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$764.3M2019
$757.5M2020
$878.0M2021
$979.0M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$241.3k±$11.5k
Median gross rent
$980/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
5.8%±1.9%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$17.6M
56 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$967/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 91Wildfire 72Ice storm 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2682016
2812017
2922018
3102019
3152020
3482021
3982022
4202023
4612024
4642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 2021612021
792022
542023
1012024
562025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.6 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
109.3 km
HAVEMAN GRAIN CO ROCK BLUFF GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
32.0 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Seward?
Seward's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 6.6% year over year — faster than most 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.