County profile
Stanton County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2509 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$424.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
979
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
104
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$81.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,744
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$80.7k±$8.4k
Bachelor's degree+
24.1%±3.7%
Poverty rate
9.4%±2.7%
Business applications
45 · 2025
Retail establishments
11
19.0/10k 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
Manufacturing66%
Wholesale trade8%
Retail trade8%
Other services6%
Transportation6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,744
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $62.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−148
International migration+2
Natural change+60
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$295.7M2019
$272.6M2020
$359.9M2021
$436.2M2022
$467.3M2023
$424.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$195.4k±$14.0k
Median gross rent
$902/mo±$124/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±2.7%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$391.0k
3 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 82Drought 70Wildfire 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1982016
2122017
2152018
2342019
2392020
2552021
2762022
2932023
3232024
3362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -67% since 202192021
112022
62023
132024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
84.8 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
20.7 km
NCRC
Nearest port
87.7 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
85.8 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$81.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Stanton?
Stanton's economy produced $424.9M in 2024, contracting 9.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.