County profile
Bear Lake County, ID
United States · GDP 2024
#2706 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$295.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,081
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
168
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,727
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$75.3k±$9.6k
Bachelor's degree+
21.6%±2.8%
Poverty rate
7.0%±1.8%
Business applications
100 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
44.8/10k 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
Health care35%
Retail trade30%
Food & accommodation19%
Construction7%
Wholesale trade6%
Manufacturing4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,727
residents · 2025 · +5.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+351
International migration+38
Natural change−22
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$182.7M2019
$197.6M2020
$209.7M2021
$250.3M2022
$280.9M2023
$295.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$275.0k±$21.5k
Median gross rent
$632/mo±$330/mo · low reliability
Vacancy rate
43.3%±3.8%
Affordability
7.2× wages
Residential permits
$48.3M
128 units · 19.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
6.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 85Landslide 82Wildfire 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2632016
2772017
2942018
3412019
3522020
4602021
5262022
5652023
6362024
6372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 44% since 2021892021
892022
782023
1302024
1282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.8 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
UP
Nearest port
644.0 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
69.7 km
LOGAN-CACHE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.4k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bear Lake?
Bear Lake's economy produced $295.7M in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.