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La Plata

United States · GDP 2024
#776 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
GDP growth
+3.9%
Jobs tracked
20,351
Employers
2,447
Avg. wage
$59.6k
Population
56,898
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$86.1k±$3.0k
Business applications
1,364 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.Consumer Defensive$27.5M43D2U-Swirl, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$7.5M——

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 & accommodation28%
Retail trade24%
Health care20%
Construction13%
Professional services9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
56,898
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $81.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,021
International migration+167
Natural change−20

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.2B
2019
$3.0B
2020
$3.6B
2021
$4.2B
2022
$4.1B
2023
$4.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$591.5k±$21.4k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
15.9%±1.7%
Affordability
9.9× wages
Residential permits
376 (6.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
75.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 98Avalanche 88Landslide 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
944
2016
992
2017
1030
2018
1077
2019
1082
2020
1209
2021
1460
2022
1575
2023
1649
2024
1723
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

7 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.07-06
8-KRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.06-30
DEF 14ARocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.06-29
8-KRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.06-26
8-KRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.06-12
8-KRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.06-01
10-KRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.05-29
10-QRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.01-13
8-KRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.01-13
8-KRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.12-19
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lee$4.3BFloyd$4.3BColumbia$4.3BWise$4.2BLivingston$4.2BCullman$4.3B
The read

La Plata's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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