County profile
Otero County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2089 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$738.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,508
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
403
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,683
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$54.0k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±2.3%
Poverty rate
22.1%±3.5%
Business applications
243 · 2025
Retail establishments
60
33.5/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing14%
Wholesale trade8%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,683
residents · 2025 · -5.2% since 2020
Income per capita $47.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−538
International migration+36
Natural change−486
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$606.7M2019
$606.6M2020
$652.3M2021
$660.9M2022
$727.8M2023
$738.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.9k±$10.8k
Median gross rent
$839/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
13.3%±2.7%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.7M
8 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 92Drought 89Hail 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3802016
3962017
4322018
4832019
5322020
6102021
7272022
7132023
7922024
7962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 2021162021
332022
102023
462024
82025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
86.1 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
731.3 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
80.8 km
PUEBLO MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Otero?
Otero's economy produced $738.8M in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% of 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.