County profile
Thurston County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2267 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$605.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,687
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
125
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,752
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$69.2k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
22.2%±2.4%
Poverty rate
13.9%±2.9%
Business applications
65 · 2025
Retail establishments
16
24.2/10k 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
Professional services30%
Admin & support27%
Health care23%
Retail trade8%
Manufacturing7%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,752
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $59.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−239
International migration+42
Natural change+194
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$403.9M2019
$428.8M2020
$498.4M2021
$546.6M2022
$648.2M2023
$605.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.6k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$699/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±1.6%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$630.0k
2 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 86Hail 86Drought 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2023
1402014
1502015
1542016
1462017
1532018
1632019
1822020
1862021
2032022
2232023
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -80% since 2021102021
32022
132023
12024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.3 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
33.1 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
30.1 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.5k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Thurston?
Thurston's economy produced $605.3M in 2024, contracting 6.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.
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.