County profile
Blaine County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#2851 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$227.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-11.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,036
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
135
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,860
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$64.8k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
23.9%±3.2%
Poverty rate
18.3%±4.0%
Business applications
61 · 2025
Retail establishments
23
33.4/10k 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 care29%
Admin & support28%
Retail trade22%
Other services7%
Wholesale trade7%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,860
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $37.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−159
International migration+3
Natural change+12
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$176.6M2019
$174.5M2020
$191.6M2021
$249.8M2022
$256.8M2023
$227.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.5k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$660/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
19.2%±3.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Winter weather 81Lightning 80
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202112021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
203.9 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
15.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
644.9 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
60.5 km
HAVRE CITY-COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Blaine?
Blaine's economy produced $227.4M in 2024, contracting 11.4% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.