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 · 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
Food & accommodation38%
Retail trade20%
Construction16%
Health care14%
Mining & energy6%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,439
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $75.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+77
International migration+170
Natural change+252
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
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 · 2016–2025
4952016
5542017
5852018
6382019
6592020
7382021
8922022
9942023
10322024
11212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -30% since 20211972021
1502022
1072023
1452024
1382025
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 · 2019–2023$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Gunnison?
Gunnison's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower 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.