County profile
Rio Blanco County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2156 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$689.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,237
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
194
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,683
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$65.5k±$8.2k
Bachelor's degree+
24.7%±5.4%
Poverty rate
8.5%±4.0%
Business applications
119 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
44.2/10k 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
Mining & energy33%
Health care27%
Retail trade13%
Construction12%
Food & accommodation10%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,683
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $65.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−37
International migration+222
Natural change−20
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$576.7M2019
$434.7M2020
$576.3M2021
$734.5M2022
$703.2M2023
$689.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$274.4k±$44.7k
Median gross rent
$919/mo±$84/mo
Vacancy rate
14.9%±4.9%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$20.3M
15 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 94Avalanche 92Wildfire 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2342016
2432017
2502018
2672019
2712020
3042021
3382022
3642023
3922024
3892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 25% since 2021122021
322022
102023
82024
152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
58.7 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
49.9 km
UP
Nearest port
1008.8 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
99.2 km
GRAND JUNCTION RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.2k
avg. annual pay · +11% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rio Blanco?
Rio Blanco's economy produced $689.6M in 2024, contracting 1.9% year over year — slower than 85% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.