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$99.0M70B2Gloo 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$49.9M45D7Selectis Health, Inc.Healthcare$41.4M60C8CEA Industries Inc. Common StockIndustrials$26.4M65B9Enservco CorporationEnergy$22.1M——10Solid Power, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$17.9M38D11Flash 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——17OnKure Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$046D18Auddia Inc.Technology$034D19Sprout Tiny Homes, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$0——20Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare———21Infleqtion IncTechnology———22BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc.Financial Services———23Gores Holdings XI, Inc.Financial Services———24Enliven Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare———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 EDGAR39 filings from 12 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.