County profile
Montezuma County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#1542 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,808
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
759
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,678
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$65.2k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
31.3%±3.1%
Poverty rate
13.3%±3.0%
Business applications
441 · 2025
Retail establishments
111
41.6/10k 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
Food & accommodation31%
Retail trade25%
Health care24%
Construction9%
Manufacturing5%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,678
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,093
International migration+238
Natural change−533
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.6B2021
$2.0B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$331.4k±$23.9k
Median gross rent
$942/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
8.9%±2.2%
Affordability
7.4× wages
Residential permits
$5.9M
24 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 94Landslide 93Avalanche 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4692016
4742017
5102018
5412019
5672020
6422021
7692022
8382023
8692024
8742025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 9% since 2021222021
242022
252023
222024
242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
191.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
63.6 km
DSNG
Nearest port
920.9 km
SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC
Nearest commercial airport
4.8 km
CORTEZ MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Montezuma?
Montezuma's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, contracting 5.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.