Places/CO/Gunnison County, CO
County profile

Gunnison County, CO

United States · GDP 2024
#1486 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,194
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,191
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,439
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$84.5k±$10.9k
Bachelor's degree+
64.7%±5.0%
Poverty rate
11.3%±3.1%
Business applications
470 · 2025
Retail establishments
131
75.3/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Food & accommodation38%
Retail trade20%
Construction16%
Health care14%
Mining & energy6%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
17,439
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $75.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+77
International migration+170
Natural change+252

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.1B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.5B
2022
$1.5B
2023
$1.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$621.8k±$50.8k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$260/mo
Vacancy rate
32.1%±2.3%
Affordability
11.9× wages
Residential permits
$137.1M
138 units · 7.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Avalanche 96Wildfire 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
495
2016
554
2017
585
2018
638
2019
659
2020
738
2021
892
2022
994
2023
1032
2024
1121
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-30% since 2021
197
2021
150
2022
107
2023
145
2024
138
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
100.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
45.0 km
UP
Nearest port
982.5 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
17.2 km
GUNNISON-CRESTED BUTTE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Gunnison?

Gunnison's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over yearslower than 65% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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.