County profile
La Plata County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#776 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,351
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,447
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
56,898
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$86.1k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
49.3%±2.4%
Poverty rate
11.7%±1.4%
Business applications
1,364 · 2025
Retail establishments
285
50.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.Consumer Defensive$27.5M44D2U-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
$3.2B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.6B2021
$4.2B2022
$4.1B2023
$4.3B2024
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
$136.2M
376 units · 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
9442016
9922017
10302018
10772019
10822020
12092021
14602022
15752023
16492024
17232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 20214152021
3892022
3572023
2082024
3762025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
206.8 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
DSNG
Nearest port
977.3 km
SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC
Nearest commercial airport
17.0 km
DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR5 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of La Plata?
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.