County profile
Pitkin County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#830 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,629
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,708
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$76.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,625
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$102.6k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
62.8%±5.4%
Poverty rate
7.8%±2.3%
Business applications
807 · 2025
Retail establishments
236
140.8/10k 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
Food & accommodation42%
Arts & recreation24%
Retail trade12%
Real estate9%
Other services7%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,625
residents · 2025 · -4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $275.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,385
International migration+317
Natural change+268
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.5B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.7B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$1.1M±$222.1k
Median gross rent
$2.0k/mo±$329/mo
Vacancy rate
31.3%±3.9%
Affordability
14.9× wages
Residential permits
$334.3M
36 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 99Landslide 98Wildfire 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5072016
5562017
6082018
6002019
6402020
7252021
8502022
10652023
11192024
10662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -63% since 2021972021
992022
362023
1472024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.0 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
6.6 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
951.7 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
4.2 km
ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY/SARDY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$76.4k
avg. annual pay · +40% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Pitkin?
Pitkin's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 6.2% year over year — faster than most 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.