Places/CO/Routt County, CO
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 · 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 & accommodation46%
Retail trade16%
Health care13%
Construction11%
Admin & support9%
Real estate6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
25,329
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $136.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration384
International migration+515
Natural change+351

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.1B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.4B
2021
$2.7B
2022
$2.8B
2023
$3.0B
2024

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 · 20162025
481
2016
513
2017
560
2018
586
2019
612
2020
698
2021
826
2022
959
2023
1034
2024
1028
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
1% since 2021
215
2021
438
2022
329
2023
597
2024
218
2025

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 · 20192023
$58.9k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Routt?

Routt's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 5.5% year over yearfaster 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.