County profile
Montrose County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#1124 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,612
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,501
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
44,591
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$72.1k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
28.7%±2.4%
Poverty rate
11.5%±2.2%
Business applications
1,022 · 2025
Retail establishments
169
37.8/10k 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 care26%
Retail trade22%
Construction17%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing12%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
44,591
residents · 2025 · +4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,066
International migration+551
Natural change−864
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$388.4k±$12.3k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$88/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±1.8%
Affordability
7.8× wages
Residential permits
$50.3M
279 units · 6.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 88Landslide 82Avalanche 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3882016
4192017
4562018
4892019
5162020
5832021
7042022
7592023
7632024
8012025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -38% since 20214512021
4052022
3212023
2702024
2792025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
79.4 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
31.5 km
UP
Nearest port
1005.1 km
OCEANSIDE MARINE PIER
Nearest commercial airport
34.8 km
MONTROSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Montrose?
Montrose's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 7.5% year over year — faster than most 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.