County profile
Owyhee County, ID
United States · GDP 2024
#2179 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$677.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+20.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,019
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
262
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,661
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$64.4k±$9.4k
Bachelor's degree+
12.4%±2.1%
Poverty rate
12.2%±2.6%
Business applications
212 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
22.7/10k 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
Agriculture24%
Retail trade18%
Health care18%
Construction17%
Food & accommodation13%
Manufacturing10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,661
residents · 2025 · +5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+448
International migration+143
Natural change+88
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$403.2M2019
$403.9M2020
$479.5M2021
$551.1M2022
$561.4M2023
$677.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$359.8k±$31.3k
Median gross rent
$821/mo±$122/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±2.9%
Affordability
7.8× wages
Residential permits
$14.6M
36 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 96Avalanche 72Landslide 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1392016
1582017
1902018
2162019
2382020
2832021
3772022
3272023
3562024
3822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -63% since 2021962021
562022
522023
372024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
69.6 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
57.9 km
USG
Nearest port
432.1 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
109.4 km
BOISE AIR TRML/GOWEN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.3k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Owyhee?
Owyhee's economy produced $677.4M in 2024, growing 20.7% year over year — faster than 98% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is agriculture.
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.