County profile
Valley County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2572 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$385.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,230
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
181
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,094
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±4.3%
Poverty rate
9.3%±2.8%
Business applications
39 · 2025
Retail establishments
28
68.9/10k 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
Health care32%
Retail trade31%
Construction11%
Professional services10%
Manufacturing9%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,094
residents · 2025 · +0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $71.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−11
International migration+20
Natural change+28
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$312.8M2019
$305.8M2020
$345.2M2021
$363.3M2022
$400.6M2023
$385.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.6k±$26.5k
Median gross rent
$626/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
14.8%±4.4%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$3.2M
7 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 95Drought 89Strong wind 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1592015
1722016
1842017
1932018
1962019
1972020
2172021
3082022
2542023
3382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 202162021
62022
22023
32024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
94.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
NCRC
Nearest port
235.0 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
87.2 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Valley?
Valley's economy produced $385.3M in 2024, contracting 3.8% year over year — slower than 89% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.