County profile
Powder River County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#2971 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$153.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
249
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
68
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,781
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$67.0k±$14.1k
Bachelor's degree+
26.1%±5.3%
Poverty rate
8.1%±2.7%
Business applications
26 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
73.9/10k 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
Retail trade39%
Food & accommodation24%
Mining & energy13%
Other services11%
Construction7%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,781
residents · 2025 · +5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+84
International migration+0
Natural change+2
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$97.3M2019
$85.2M2020
$128.9M2021
$203.1M2022
$146.4M2023
$153.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$192.1k±$44.5k
Median gross rent
$533/mo±$80/mo
Vacancy rate
27.2%±5.7%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
4.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 88Landslide 44Winter weather 43
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
106.3 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
85.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
809.8 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
116.5 km
NORTHEAST WYOMING RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +52% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Powder River?
Powder River's economy produced $153.1M in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.