County profile
Big Horn County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#1643 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,774
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
181
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,752
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.0%
Median HH income
$58.8k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.8%±3.0%
Poverty rate
22.1%±4.0%
Business applications
143 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
25.7/10k 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
Health care40%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation15%
Mining & energy9%
Transportation5%
Arts & recreation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,752
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $39.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−454
International migration+47
Natural change+84
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$882.3M2019
$868.1M2020
$846.6M2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.4k±$14.2k
Median gross rent
$697/mo±$99/mo
Vacancy rate
15.5%±2.3%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 96Wildfire 95Winter weather 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2025
1492014
1462015
1512016
1642017
1642018
1712019
1642020
2032021
2012022
2442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.5 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
7.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
744.0 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
83.0 km
SHERIDAN COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.6k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Big Horn?
Big Horn's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 7.5% year over year — faster than most 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.