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Nelson

United States · GDP 2024
#2833 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$233.9M
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
779
Employers
128
Avg. wage
$44.1k
Population
2,963
Labor & formation
Unemployment
1.5%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$7.5k
Business applications
32 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 care41%
Wholesale trade21%
Retail trade13%
Construction9%
Finance & insurance9%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,963
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $77.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+82
International migration+46
Natural change−153

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$151.7M
2019
$153.1M
2020
$161.1M
2021
$242.7M
2022
$221.2M
2023
$233.9M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$139.7k±$20.0k
Median gross rent
$582/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
25.0%±3.9%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
4 (1.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
7.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$873/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 81Ice storm 80Winter weather 74
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Stanton$233.9MRinggold$233.7MMorris$233.5MCrawford$233.1MBaylor$234.9MMineral$232.7M
The read

Nelson's economy produced $233.9M in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most 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.
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