County profile
Wayne County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#2023 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$804.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,382
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
252
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,020
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$5.6k
Bachelor's degree+
30.4%±4.7%
Poverty rate
13.2%±3.1%
Business applications
60 · 2025
Retail establishments
38
38.4/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade15%
Wholesale trade6%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,020
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+34
International migration+128
Natural change+152
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$442.6M2019
$487.1M2020
$602.2M2021
$756.2M2022
$855.1M2023
$804.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$221.6k±$18.0k
Median gross rent
$800/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
6.0%±2.5%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$3.4M
13 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 76Drought 73Heat wave 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2342016
2502017
2592018
2662019
2692020
2912021
3712022
3822023
4262024
3962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 30% since 2021102021
472022
1152023
92024
132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
61.4 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
23.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
65.1 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
64.1 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wayne?
Wayne's economy produced $804.4M in 2024, contracting 5.9% 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.