County profile
Gooding County, ID
United States · GDP 2024
#1379 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+24.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,201
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
360
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,446
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$63.6k±$6.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.2%±3.0%
Poverty rate
13.0%±3.4%
Business applications
175 · 2025
Retail establishments
43
26.2/10k 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 care30%
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction10%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,446
residents · 2025 · +5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $71.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+118
International migration+506
Natural change+179
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$250.9k±$25.3k
Median gross rent
$880/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±2.2%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$8.8M
36 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 95Winter weather 72Earthquake 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2432016
2602017
2832018
3192019
3422020
4272021
5152022
5522023
5492024
5712025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -37% since 2021572021
462022
512023
522024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.6 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
3.2 km
UP
Nearest port
421.1 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
60.4 km
JOSLIN FLD/MAGIC VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Gooding?
Gooding's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 24.3% year over year — faster than 99% of 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.