County profile
Saguache County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2868 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$219.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-13.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
791
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
130
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,732
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$50.1k±$9.4k
Bachelor's degree+
31.3%±5.0%
Poverty rate
17.8%±4.5%
Business applications
174 · 2025
Retail establishments
18
26.9/10k 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
Wholesale trade22%
Retail trade21%
Other services18%
Manufacturing17%
Health care15%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,732
residents · 2025 · +5.3% since 2020
Income per capita $43.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+371
International migration+6
Natural change−40
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$222.0M2019
$196.0M2020
$235.1M2021
$212.7M2022
$252.9M2023
$219.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$212.6k±$28.2k
Median gross rent
$828/mo±$350/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±3.3%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$17.6M
70 units · 10.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$975/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Avalanche 85Drought 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2023
1132013
1132014
1232015
1282016
1422017
1472018
1542019
1522020
1972021
2042023
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 20211012021
842022
512023
1042024
702025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
128.6 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
39.3 km
SLC
Nearest port
941.6 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
76.0 km
GUNNISON-CRESTED BUTTE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Saguache?
Saguache's economy produced $219.7M in 2024, contracting 13.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale trade.
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.