County profile
Delta County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#1692 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,516
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
878
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,178
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
26.6%±2.4%
Poverty rate
14.0%±2.0%
Business applications
643 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
32.8/10k 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 care28%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction11%
Real estate10%
Manufacturing9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,178
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $53.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,875
International migration+90
Natural change−851
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$901.7M2019
$925.6M2020
$959.7M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$343.2k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$84/mo
Vacancy rate
13.8%±2.2%
Affordability
7.6× wages
Residential permits
$13.0M
58 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 94Wildfire 87Lightning 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3082016
3302017
3622018
3882019
4012020
4602021
5372022
5732023
6342024
6302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -74% since 20212232021
602022
532023
1152024
582025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.3 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
UP
Nearest port
1042.0 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
39.2 km
MONTROSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Delta?
Delta's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most 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.