County profile
Routt County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#991 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,390
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,860
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,329
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$106.5k±$9.9k
Bachelor's degree+
54.2%±3.5%
Poverty rate
5.2%±1.5%
Business applications
707 · 2025
Retail establishments
200
78.5/10k 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 & accommodation46%
Retail trade16%
Health care13%
Construction11%
Admin & support9%
Real estate6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,329
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $136.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−384
International migration+515
Natural change+351
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.7B2022
$2.8B2023
$3.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$854.7k±$64.9k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$132/mo
Vacancy rate
34.3%±2.1%
Affordability
14.5× wages
Residential permits
$305.2M
218 units · 8.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Avalanche 85Wildfire 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4812016
5132017
5602018
5862019
6122020
6982021
8262022
9592023
10342024
10282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1% since 20212152021
4382022
3292023
5972024
2182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
89.3 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
UP
Nearest port
909.2 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
19.1 km
YAMPA VALLEY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.9k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Routt?
Routt's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 5.5% 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.