County profile
Bent County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2937 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 4% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$175.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
607
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
56
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,716
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$50.2k±$7.1k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±3.2%
Poverty rate
28.4%±6.4%
Business applications
64 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
26.1/10k 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 care41%
Retail trade32%
Finance & insurance13%
Food & accommodation7%
Utilities5%
Other services2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,716
residents · 2025 · +4.5% since 2020
Income per capita $35.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+412
International migration−4
Natural change−175
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$134.7M2019
$134.7M2020
$149.9M2021
$153.7M2022
$186.2M2023
$175.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$146.9k±$21.2k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$167/mo
Vacancy rate
13.8%±4.6%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$246.3k
1 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
5.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 67Wildfire 65Hail 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2025
992013
892014
1152016
882017
1452018
1462020
2152021
2042022
2442023
2592025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -88% since 202182021
292022
32023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
138.7 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
9.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
677.6 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
130.2 km
PUEBLO MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bent?
Bent's economy produced $175.3M in 2024, contracting 5.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.