Places/MT/Beaverhead County, MT
County profile

Beaverhead County, MT

United States · GDP 2024
#2183 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$672.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+14.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,643
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
399
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,043
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
37.7%±3.9%
Poverty rate
11.4%±3.0%
Business applications
180 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
41.0/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Almonty Industries Inc.Basic Materials

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 & accommodation26%
Health care24%
Construction11%
Other services6%
Arts & recreation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
10,043
residents · 2025 · +7.1% since 2020
Income per capita $62.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+810
International migration3
Natural change144

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$431.5M
2019
$433.1M
2020
$445.3M
2021
$554.6M
2022
$586.2M
2023
$672.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$308.3k±$25.0k
Median gross rent
$837/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
15.7%±3.6%
Affordability
6.4× wages
Residential permits
$9.4M
42 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 94Landslide 93Winter weather 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
243
2016
252
2017
260
2018
290
2019
300
2020
330
2021
403
2022
455
2023
456
2024
495
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-9% since 2021
46
2021
12
2022
15
2023
15
2024
42
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.5 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
9.9 km
UP
Nearest port
349.6 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
96.7 km
BERT MOONEY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Beaverhead?

Beaverhead's economy produced $672.5M in 2024, growing 14.7% year over yearfaster than 97% of 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.