In Valley County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 64 jobs between 2005 and 2010.
In Valley County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 64 jobs between 2005 and 2010.
Given the 24 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 17 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 5 industries reported a drop in employment.
The grocery stores industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 56 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in grocery stores makes up 23.2% percent of the total growth in Valley County, Nebraska between 2005 and 2010.
Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Grocery stores (+56)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (+47)
3. Gasoline stations (+33)
4. Specialized freight trucking (+27)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (+19)
Given the industries in the area, the cattle ranching and farming industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 43 jobs. The declines in cattle ranching and farming make up 50.0% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Valley County, Nebraska for the period between 2005 and 2010.
Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (-43)
2. Fullservice restaurants (-26)
3. Limitedservice eating places (-11)
4. Executive, legislative and general government (-5)
5. Justice, public order, and safety activities (-1)
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Valley County Has Deteriorated in Real Estate Ownership by 2.6%, Since 2000
The 2010 Census reports Valley County, Nebraska decreased in number of total housing units by 0, or 0%, (since the 2000), while the State of Nebraska increased in total housing units by 74,125, or 9%.
Compared against the United States, Valley County has a very low amount of vacant housing units. 351, or 15.4%, currently are unoccupied in Valley County, Nebraska. Among the 351 unoccupied units, 5.4% are on the real estate market for sale, while 17.7% are trying to be rented.
Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Valley County have decreased by 2.6%. By 2010, there were 1,404 (73.0%) owner-occupied units, while 518 (27.0%) housing units were leased. Valley County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Nebraska, which reportedly saw 32.8% of units occupied by renters.
Compared to other counties in the United States, Valley County has a very low level of owner-occupied units that are owned by minorities. 1.3% of housing units are owned and occupied by minorities in Valley County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Nebraska 8.2% of residential housing units are owned by minorities.
Hispanic is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Valley County. 100.0% the Hispanic Census group occupies a rented housing unit.
Datasource: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.