County profile
Alamosa County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#1911 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$911.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,956
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
486
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,688
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$55.4k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
32.4%±4.4%
Poverty rate
17.2%±3.6%
Business applications
330 · 2025
Retail establishments
76
45.5/10k 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
Health care38%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation19%
Construction7%
Finance & insurance6%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,688
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $46.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+137
International migration+155
Natural change+26
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$748.0M2019
$725.2M2020
$797.1M2021
$856.9M2022
$913.3M2023
$911.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$239.1k±$21.3k
Median gross rent
$907/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±2.3%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$10.2M
56 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$999/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 91Avalanche 83Earthquake 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2302016
2392017
2592018
2722019
2752020
3132021
3722022
4272023
4182024
4602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -49% since 20211092021
1022022
672023
512024
562025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
86.5 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
12.3 km
CXRG
Nearest port
905.3 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
16.8 km
SAN LUIS VALLEY RGNL/BERGMAN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Alamosa?
Alamosa's economy produced $911.6M in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% of 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.