County profile
Cascade County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#665 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
30,050
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,472
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
85,029
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$67.7k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
28.4%±1.5%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.6%
Business applications
1,037 · 2025
Retail establishments
321
37.9/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction8%
Admin & support7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
85,029
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $63.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+934
International migration+234
Natural change−558
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.9B2019
$3.9B2020
$4.3B2021
$5.1B2022
$5.4B2023
$5.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$265.3k±$8.0k
Median gross rent
$939/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±1.0%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
$91.3M
253 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 99Cold wave 98Wildfire 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3332016
3462017
3622018
3712019
3852020
4332021
5222022
5762023
6142024
6322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -7% since 20212722021
5432022
1512023
2232024
2532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.3 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
13.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
441.4 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
19.5 km
GREAT FALLS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cascade?
Cascade's economy produced $5.7B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.