Places/CO/Ouray County, CO
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 · 20202025
5,265
residents · 2025 · +7.9% since 2020
Income per capita $91.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+393
International migration+43
Natural change39

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$219.1M
2019
$228.8M
2020
$307.2M
2021
$298.1M
2022
$296.2M
2023
$309.4M
2024

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 · 20162025
256
2016
268
2017
287
2018
317
2019
325
2020
362
2021
440
2022
480
2023
555
2024
549
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-48% since 2021
146
2021
74
2022
77
2023
96
2024
76
2025

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 · 20192023
$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Ouray?

Ouray's economy produced $309.4M in 2024, growing 4.5% year over yearabout 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.