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Chaffee

United States · GDP 2024
#1627 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
GDP growth
+6.1%
Jobs tracked
7,171
Employers
1,076
Avg. wage
$50.5k
Population
20,831
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$84.1k±$7.2k
Business applications
623 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1High Country Bancorp, 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
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation24%
Health care21%
Construction13%
Arts & recreation11%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,831
residents · 2025 · +6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $71.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,369
International migration+57
Natural change−145

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$856.2M
2019
$878.1M
2020
$997.7M
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.2B
2023
$1.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$665.7k±$24.3k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$249/mo
Vacancy rate
14.1%±3.0%
Affordability
13.2× wages
Residential permits
175 (8.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
51.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Avalanche 95Lightning 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
434
2016
473
2017
525
2018
568
2019
585
2020
669
2021
821
2022
867
2023
914
2024
955
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.02-10
8-KHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.02-06
8-KHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.11-12
DEF 14AHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.10-10
8-KHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.05-01
DEF 14AHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.10-02
8-KHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.11-06
DEF 14AHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.10-04
DEF 14AHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.09-26
8-KHigh Country Bancorp, Inc.03-24
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Meade$1.3BTeller$1.3BSaline$1.3BColumbia$1.3BCarroll + Galax$1.3BWashington$1.3B
The read

Chaffee's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.
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