County profile
Boulder County, CO*
United States · GDP 2024
#152 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$39.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
159,619
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
12,990
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$91.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
328,560
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$104.0k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
64.2%±1.1%
Poverty rate
11.2%±0.6%
Business applications
9,012 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,139
34.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Gaia, Inc.Communication Services$99.0M69B2Gloo Holdings, Inc.Technology$94.7M31D3Biodesix, Inc.Healthcare$88.5M57C4S&W Seed CompanyBasic Materials$60.4M——5Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc.Healthcare$49.9M44D6Laird Superfood, Inc.Consumer Defensive$49.9M46D7Selectis Health, Inc.Healthcare$41.4M60C8CEA Industries Inc. Common StockIndustrials$26.4M65B9Enservco CorporationEnergy$22.1M——10Solid Power, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$17.9M37D11Flash Sports & Media, Inc.Communication Services$17.4M22D12Encision Inc.Healthcare$6.6M——13GlobeImmune, Inc.Healthcare$6.5M——14NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.Technology$3.5M——15Epic Corp.Financial Services$11——16Nexien BioPharma, Inc.Healthcare$0——17Auddia Inc.Technology$035D18Sprout Tiny Homes, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$0——19OnKure Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$046D20Enliven Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare———21Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare———22Gores Holdings XI, Inc.Financial Services———23Infleqtion IncTechnology———24BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc.Financial Services———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
Professional services23%
Health care19%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing14%
Information12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
328,560
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $104.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−10,148
International migration+6,827
Natural change+1,308
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$30.4B2019
$30.4B2020
$33.1B2021
$35.5B2022
$37.7B2023
$39.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$756.3k±$14.3k
Median gross rent
$2.0k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±0.5%
Affordability
8.2× wages
Residential permits
$569.6M
2,001 units · 6.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
90.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 99Hail 98Wildfire 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
10762016
11652017
12512018
12962019
13102020
14482021
17052022
17312023
17752024
17732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 62% since 20211,2372021
1,6422022
1,6422023
1,6802024
2,0012025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.3 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
11.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
793.4 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
29.1 km
ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR17 filings from 9 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$91.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Boulder?
Boulder's economy produced $39.3B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.
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.