County profile
El Paso County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#106 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$55.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
267,012
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
18,852
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
757,040
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$90.4k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
41.9%±0.7%
Poverty rate
8.5%±0.5%
Business applications
16,529 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,993
26.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Century Casinos, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$573.0M51D2Fortitude Gold CorporationBasic Materials$18.4M48D3Venu Holding CorporationConsumer Cyclical$17.9M23D4American Cannabis Company, Inc.Industrials$2.5M——5Accelera Innovations, IncHealthcare$2.8k——6Southern Concepts Restaurant Group, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$0——7Tekumo, Inc.Technology———8Thermic Sciences InternationalTechnology———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 care24%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade18%
Professional services17%
Other services13%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
757,040
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $68.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+212
International migration+7,789
Natural change+15,142
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$38.3B2019
$40.3B2020
$43.9B2021
$47.5B2022
$52.0B2023
$55.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$461.0k±$2.9k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
4.4%±0.4%
Affordability
7.1× wages
Residential permits
$2.1B
5,707 units · 7.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
94.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 100Wildfire 99Hail 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6702016
7332017
8072018
8662019
9192020
10682021
12442022
12392023
12712024
12782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -38% since 20219,1862021
8,6852022
5,0832023
3,8492024
5,7072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.5 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
20.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
769.6 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
15.4 km
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR6 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of El Paso?
El Paso's economy produced $55.1B in 2024, growing 6.0% 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.