County profile
Kiowa County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#3032 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$118.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-17.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
289
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
38
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,412
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$58.6k±$7.7k
Bachelor's degree+
20.1%±4.3%
Poverty rate
11.8%±4.8%
Business applications
27 · 2025
Retail establishments
8
57.0/10k 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 care39%
Retail trade36%
Wholesale trade18%
Transportation5%
Professional services2%
share of top-5 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,412
residents · 2025 · -2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $74.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−38
International migration+7
Natural change−13
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$76.5M2019
$70.5M2020
$115.0M2021
$110.1M2022
$143.4M2023
$118.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.5k±$30.8k
Median gross rent
$800/mo±$87/mo
Vacancy rate
20.9%±7.4%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.5M
7 units · 5.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
3.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 83Hail 56Wildfire 51
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 202162021
62022
42023
12024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
95.7 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
4.5 km
CXR
Nearest port
641.5 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
154.1 km
PUEBLO MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kiowa?
Kiowa's economy produced $118.5M in 2024, contracting 17.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.