County profile
Hill County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#1902 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$925.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-11.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,092
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
493
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,167
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$52.8k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
24.4%±3.1%
Poverty rate
20.7%±3.2%
Business applications
158 · 2025
Retail establishments
72
44.7/10k 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 trade24%
Food & accommodation22%
Construction7%
Wholesale trade6%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,167
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $57.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−278
International migration−12
Natural change+204
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$790.1M2019
$779.9M2020
$741.7M2021
$991.5M2022
$1.0B2023
$925.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$202.6k±$16.6k
Median gross rent
$776/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
14.2%±2.8%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$460.0k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Winter weather 89Wildfire 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2802016
2932017
3002018
3132019
3272020
3422021
3852022
4152023
4252024
4582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -67% since 202132021
02022
12023
12024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
128.9 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
572.8 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
27.2 km
HAVRE CITY-COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hill?
Hill's economy produced $925.3M in 2024, contracting 11.2% 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.