County profile
Wheeler County, NE
United States · GDP 2024
#3061 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$96.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-14.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
67
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
21
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
789
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$70.3k±$12.2k
Bachelor's degree+
30.3%±6.0%
Poverty rate
5.2%±1.6%
Business applications
1 · 2025
Retail establishments
3
37.9/10k 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
Wholesale trade63%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation7%
Other services5%
share of top-4 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
789
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $63.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−8
International migration+25
Natural change−1
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$103.6M2019
$74.1M2020
$92.5M2021
$84.3M2022
$113.7M2023
$96.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$146.5k±$31.6k
Median gross rent
$509/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
38.9%±4.6%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$683.4k
2 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
5.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 91Drought 48Wildfire 46
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202122021
12022
32023
82024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
122.0 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
29.5 km
NCRC
Nearest port
185.5 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
106.9 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.0k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wheeler?
Wheeler's economy produced $96.9M in 2024, contracting 14.8% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale trade.
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.