County profile
Pondera County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#2696 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$302.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-20.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,103
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
182
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,072
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$52.3k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
20.1%±3.2%
Poverty rate
21.9%±3.3%
Business applications
69 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
42.9/10k 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 trade25%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction14%
Wholesale trade11%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,072
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $66.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+210
International migration+26
Natural change−37
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$268.9M2019
$266.5M2020
$218.4M2021
$327.9M2022
$382.1M2023
$302.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$206.1k±$21.4k
Median gross rent
$784/mo±$117/mo
Vacancy rate
17.6%±3.6%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 81Wildfire 70Winter weather 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1812016
1792017
2062018
1992019
2072020
2312021
2802022
2782023
3342024
3342025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
22023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.6 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
6.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
412.4 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
104.8 km
GREAT FALLS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pondera?
Pondera's economy produced $302.1M in 2024, contracting 20.9% 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.