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Seward

United States · GDP 2024
#1770 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
GDP growth
+6.6%
Jobs tracked
5,434
Employers
485
Avg. wage
$50.8k
Population
18,032
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$82.4k±$4.5k
Business applications
152 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$764.3M
2019
$757.5M
2020
$878.0M
2021
$979.0M
2022
$1.0B
2023
$1.1B
2024

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
56 (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
268
2016
281
2017
292
2018
310
2019
315
2020
348
2021
398
2022
420
2023
461
2024
464
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Saunders$1.1BYazoo$1.1BDel Norte$1.1BCherokee$1.1BBoone$1.1BChickasaw$1.1B
The read

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.
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