County profile
Huerfano County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2667 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$323.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,235
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
164
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,011
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$52.5k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
26.4%±4.4%
Poverty rate
17.3%±5.5%
Business applications
204 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
42.9/10k 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 care38%
Retail trade30%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction9%
Other services3%
Real estate3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,011
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $53.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+638
International migration−3
Natural change−451
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$229.6M2019
$246.0M2020
$288.4M2021
$290.5M2022
$324.0M2023
$323.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$247.8k±$67.3k
Median gross rent
$838/mo±$353/mo
Vacancy rate
35.2%±4.4%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$9.8M
47 units · 6.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 88Winter weather 65Lightning 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1332016
1582017
1752018
1812019
1862020
2142021
2552022
2512023
2662024
2652025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 2021572021
572022
482023
672024
472025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.8 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
13.2 km
CXRG
Nearest port
834.5 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
78.5 km
PUEBLO MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Huerfano?
Huerfano's economy produced $323.0M in 2024, contracting 0.3% year over year — slower than 81% of 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.