Places/CO/San Miguel County, CO
County profile

San Miguel County, CO

United States · GDP 2024
#1780 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,725
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
690
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,753
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$79.0k±$10.7k
Bachelor's degree+
64.9%±5.1%
Poverty rate
9.3%±4.6% · low reliability
Business applications
299 · 2025
Retail establishments
84
107.4/10k 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 & accommodation41%
Arts & recreation22%
Retail trade14%
Construction11%
Admin & support7%
Real estate5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
7,753
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $160.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration484
International migration+72
Natural change+103

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$686.9M
2019
$655.5M
2020
$834.0M
2021
$1.0B
2022
$1.0B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$720.7k±$194.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
30.8%±3.4%
Affordability
12.6× wages
Residential permits
$136.3M
51 units · 6.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 94Landslide 86Wildfire 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20142024
184
2014
191
2015
235
2016
232
2017
258
2018
292
2019
293
2020
315
2021
386
2022
457
2024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-36% since 2021
80
2021
70
2022
74
2023
57
2024
51
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
122.2 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
68.5 km
DSNG
Nearest port
971.7 km
OCEANSIDE MARINE PIER
Nearest commercial airport
44.0 km
TELLURIDE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$57.1k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of San Miguel?

San Miguel's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among 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.