County profile
Dawson County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#2389 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$515.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,404
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
295
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,692
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$71.3k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
21.8%±4.4%
Poverty rate
8.7%±3.7%
Business applications
98 · 2025
Retail establishments
39
44.6/10k 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 care33%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation19%
Mining & energy10%
Wholesale trade9%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,692
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−88
International migration+6
Natural change−149
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$421.1M2019
$420.2M2020
$474.3M2021
$507.1M2022
$506.9M2023
$515.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$185.3k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$815/mo±$120/mo
Vacancy rate
17.5%±4.9%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Winter weather 85Lightning 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2512016
2462017
2462018
2552019
2752020
2762021
3122022
3052023
3452024
3412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.5 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
13.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
858.8 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
72.3 km
SIDNEY-RICHLAND RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dawson?
Dawson's economy produced $515.1M in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% of 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.