County profile
Rio Grande County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2303 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$579.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,894
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
374
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,087
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$64.4k±$8.4k
Bachelor's degree+
34.5%±4.9%
Poverty rate
18.0%±5.4%
Business applications
205 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
41.3/10k 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
Agriculture22%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade17%
Wholesale trade13%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,087
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $63.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−266
International migration−12
Natural change−173
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$489.1M2019
$489.2M2020
$509.2M2021
$527.0M2022
$606.4M2023
$579.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$239.5k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$945/mo±$141/mo
Vacancy rate
22.4%±3.5%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$12.6M
42 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Drought 92Avalanche 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2272016
2332017
2512018
2712019
2852020
3262021
3582022
3872023
4272024
4492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 20% since 2021352021
482022
572023
472024
422025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
137.8 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
10.4 km
SLRG
Nearest port
957.6 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
48.3 km
SAN LUIS VALLEY RGNL/BERGMAN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rio Grande?
Rio Grande's economy produced $579.8M in 2024, contracting 4.4% year over year — slower than 90% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is agriculture.
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.