County profile
Custer County, ID
United States · GDP 2024
#2790 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$257.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
862
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
192
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,636
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$67.6k±$16.0k
Bachelor's degree+
29.3%±8.4%
Poverty rate
15.8%±5.1%
Business applications
78 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
56.7/10k 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
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation24%
Health care19%
Construction18%
Arts & recreation6%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,636
residents · 2025 · +8.6% since 2020
Income per capita $57.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+470
International migration+15
Natural change−109
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$165.5M2019
$176.0M2020
$199.9M2021
$214.6M2022
$248.5M2023
$257.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$381.7k±$70.6k
Median gross rent
$691/mo±$138/mo
Vacancy rate
38.1%±5.7%
Affordability
9.5× wages
Residential permits
$9.5M
32 units · 6.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 98Avalanche 97Wildfire 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1302015
1402016
1522017
1682018
1822019
1972020
2312021
3032022
3632024
3272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 146% since 2021132021
82022
402023
492024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
135.6 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
102.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
322.6 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
82.0 km
FRIEDMAN MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Custer?
Custer's economy produced $257.3M in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail 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.