County profile
Washington County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#1326 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,307
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
666
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,302
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$94.4k±$8.7k
Bachelor's degree+
36.8%±2.7%
Poverty rate
6.4%±2.0%
Business applications
230 · 2025
Retail establishments
66
31.0/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade21%
Construction16%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation10%
Information9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,302
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $75.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+241
International migration+26
Natural change+110
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$297.6k±$19.6k
Median gross rent
$965/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
3.2%±2.0% · low reliability
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$35.2M
206 units · 9.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 82Hail 80Landslide 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2742016
2822017
3022018
3192019
3282020
3602021
4132022
4532023
4832024
4922025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 124% since 2021922021
752022
602023
822024
2062025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.0 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
4.4 km
UP
Nearest port
10.6 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
37.2 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.8k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% 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.