County profile
Caribou County, ID
United States · GDP 2024
#1733 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,064
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
196
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$66.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,252
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$68.8k±$8.6k
Bachelor's degree+
16.8%±3.3%
Poverty rate
9.2%±2.7%
Business applications
78 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
47.1/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Retail trade27%
Health care19%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,252
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $54.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+154
International migration+55
Natural change+28
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$623.0M2019
$709.4M2020
$879.7M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$241.5k±$18.2k
Median gross rent
$847/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
21.6%±4.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$4.0M
18 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
7.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 81Avalanche 80Earthquake 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2412016
2562017
2662018
2992019
3162020
3782021
4642022
4652023
5282024
5372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 20% since 2021152021
312022
402023
222024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.2 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
UP
Nearest port
591.8 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
85.6 km
POCATELLO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$66.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Caribou?
Caribou's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 0.2% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.