County profile
Douglas County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#191 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$31.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
132,499
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
10,563
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$80.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
399,396
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$149.6k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
62.0%±1.2%
Poverty rate
3.8%±0.4%
Business applications
7,920 · 2025
Retail establishments
958
24.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Riot Platforms, Inc.Technology$647.4M59C2Where Food Comes From IncIndustrials$24.9M67B3UDR, Inc.Real Estate$11.4M78B+4Evolutionary Genomics, Inc.Healthcare$12.5k——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 trade24%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction16%
Professional services12%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
399,396
residents · 2025 · +10.8% since 2020
Income per capita $107.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+25,508
International migration+4,692
Natural change+9,051
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$20.5B2019
$21.8B2020
$23.9B2021
$27.0B2022
$29.3B2023
$31.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$713.6k±$5.7k
Median gross rent
$2.2k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
3.1%±0.4%
Affordability
8.9× wages
Residential permits
$836.9M
2,398 units · 6.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
88.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 99Hail 99Wildfire 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6872016
7482017
8032018
8322019
8472020
9602021
11372022
11552023
11632024
11832025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -60% since 20216,0592021
4,3002022
3,5682023
3,1312024
2,3982025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.1 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
786.6 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
61.5 km
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$80.5k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Douglas?
Douglas's economy produced $31.2B in 2024, growing 6.3% 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.