County profile
Missoula County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#481 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
54,136
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,816
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
123,513
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$75.6k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
47.4%±1.6%
Poverty rate
10.1%±1.1%
Business applications
4,030 · 2025
Retail establishments
543
44.3/10k 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 care26%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation20%
Professional services12%
Construction11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
123,513
residents · 2025 · +4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $74.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,137
International migration+718
Natural change+305
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.0B2019
$6.2B2020
$7.2B2021
$7.6B2022
$8.5B2023
$9.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$472.1k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±1.1%
Affordability
8.3× wages
Residential permits
$207.4M
886 units · 7.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 96Landslide 95Cold wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
7392016
7842017
8332018
8812019
9272020
11022021
13662022
14392023
15362024
15622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -51% since 20211,7982021
1,0782022
6562023
7732024
8862025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.0 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
10.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
244.6 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
18.3 km
MISSOULA MONTANA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.9k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Missoula?
Missoula's economy produced $9.1B in 2024, growing 6.8% year over year — faster than most 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.