County profile
Ouray County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2684 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$309.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,626
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
321
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,265
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$91.0k±$11.2k
Bachelor's degree+
56.5%±4.2%
Poverty rate
4.3%±1.7%
Business applications
132 · 2025
Retail establishments
42
81.2/10k 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 & accommodation42%
Retail trade23%
Construction11%
Transportation9%
Professional services8%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,265
residents · 2025 · +7.9% since 2020
Income per capita $91.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+393
International migration+43
Natural change−39
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$219.1M2019
$228.8M2020
$307.2M2021
$298.1M2022
$296.2M2023
$309.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$739.8k±$56.1k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$298/mo
Vacancy rate
25.7%±4.3%
Affordability
15.7× wages
Residential permits
$62.0M
76 units · 14.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 98Avalanche 93Wildfire 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2562016
2682017
2872018
3172019
3252020
3622021
4402022
4802023
5552024
5492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 20211462021
742022
772023
962024
762025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
118.0 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
35.8 km
UP
Nearest port
1028.4 km
OCEANSIDE MARINE PIER
Nearest commercial airport
25.5 km
TELLURIDE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ouray?
Ouray's economy produced $309.4M in 2024, growing 4.5% 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.