County profile
Jefferson County, CO*
United States · GDP 2024
#128 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 95% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$46.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
210,701
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
17,999
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$76.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
580,451
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$110.7k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
52.0%±0.7%
Poverty rate
6.7%±0.4%
Business applications
12,541 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,778
30.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Ball CorporationConsumer Cyclical$13.2B75B+2Molson Coors Beverage CompanyConsumer Defensive$13.0B56C3Trimble Inc.Technology$3.6B67B4Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.Consumer Defensive$1.3B69B5Mesa Laboratories, Inc.Healthcare$249.1M78B+6Good Times Restaurants Inc.Consumer Cyclical$141.6M62C7Solera National Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$83.8M51D8Energy Fuels Inc.Energy$65.9M49D9TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.Healthcare$45.2M44D10Trees CorporationHealthcare$18.1M——11Golden Minerals CompanyBasic Materials$12.0M——12Lifeloc Technologies, Inc.Technology$9.0M54D13SHF Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$7.7M24D14Arête Industries, Inc.Energy$974.5k——15Theralink Technologies, Inc.Healthcare$606.8k——16KRTL Holding Group, Inc.Consumer Defensive$192.5k27D17STWC Holdings, Inc.Industrials$136.5k——18Legacy Technology Holdings, Inc.Healthcare$0——19Running Fox Resource Corp.Basic Materials$0——20Solitario Zinc Corp.Basic Materials$053D21D7 Enterprises Inc.Technology$0——22Vector 21 Holdings, Inc.Financial Services———23Atlas Technology Group, Inc.Technology———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 trade21%
Health care21%
Professional services18%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction11%
Finance & insurance10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
580,451
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $88.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−12,277
International migration+7,646
Natural change+1,884
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$34.9B2019
$35.5B2020
$37.8B2021
$41.0B2022
$44.3B2023
$46.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$637.6k±$3.3k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
4.7%±0.4%
Affordability
8.4× wages
Residential permits
$409.8M
1,118 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
94.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 100Lightning 100Wildfire 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
8172016
8932017
9652018
10092019
10402020
11892021
13852022
14132023
14542024
14612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -56% since 20212,5152021
2,2062022
1,1882023
1,1722024
1,1182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.7 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
17.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
803.0 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
37.8 km
ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR21 filings from 8 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$76.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $46.2B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.