County profile
Deer Lodge County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#2496 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$431.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,957
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
312
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,709
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$57.5k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
24.1%±3.5%
Poverty rate
16.3%±3.8%
Business applications
198 · 2025
Retail establishments
32
32.8/10k 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 care54%
Food & accommodation15%
Retail trade14%
Construction8%
Manufacturing5%
Professional services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,709
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+506
International migration+23
Natural change−248
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$288.3M2019
$293.0M2020
$321.0M2021
$378.5M2022
$421.4M2023
$431.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$231.7k±$14.7k
Median gross rent
$696/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
19.3%±4.0%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$6.4M
22 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 94Landslide 81Winter weather 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2012016
2082017
2322018
2462019
2562020
3202021
4222022
4542023
5122024
5212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 2021212021
212022
212023
202024
222025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
11.3 km
BAP
Nearest port
305.4 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
45.6 km
BERT MOONEY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Deer Lodge?
Deer Lodge's economy produced $431.3M in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 68% 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.