County profile
Thayer County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2364 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$535.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,859
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
213
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,842
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.8%±2.5%
Poverty rate
9.0%±1.6%
Business applications
60 · 2025
Retail establishments
31
63.6/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Health care21%
Wholesale trade15%
Retail trade11%
Finance & insurance7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,842
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $70.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−36
International migration+0
Natural change−136
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$388.5M2019
$376.0M2020
$470.4M2021
$512.2M2022
$553.7M2023
$535.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.8k±$11.4k
Median gross rent
$766/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±2.7%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.4M
4 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Strong wind 89Drought 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2020–2025
1002020
1102021
1232022
1652023
1482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -43% since 202172021
142022
32023
12024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
8.9 km
UP
Nearest port
158.3 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
103.0 km
LINCOLN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.9k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Thayer?
Thayer's economy produced $535.5M in 2024, contracting 3.3% year over year — slower than 88% of 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.