County profile
Garfield County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#3105 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$43.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-31.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
128
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
29
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,148
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$69.6k±$16.8k
Bachelor's degree+
21.0%±5.0%
Poverty rate
13.4%±4.5%
Business applications
4 · 2025
Retail establishments
4
34.0/10k 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
Retail trade51%
Food & accommodation22%
Transportation10%
Health care10%
Other services7%
share of top-5 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,148
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−18
International migration−1
Natural change−1
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$34.4M2019
$40.5M2020
$40.5M2021
$68.3M2022
$62.5M2023
$43.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.9k±$16.8k
Median gross rent
$725/mo±$219/mo
Vacancy rate
40.8%±3.9%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
2.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 78Cold wave 44Landslide 39
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
112.6 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
103.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
766.8 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
107.7 km
WOKAL FLD/GLASGOW-VALLEY COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.1k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Garfield?
Garfield's economy produced $43.0M in 2024, contracting 31.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.