County profile
Rosebud County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#1784 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,214
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
178
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,253
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$49.9k±$14.7k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±3.1%
Poverty rate
24.5%±4.5%
Business applications
63 · 2025
Retail establishments
25
30.4/10k 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
Utilities23%
Education23%
Health care17%
Retail trade16%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,253
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $58.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−189
International migration+148
Natural change+0
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$866.3M2019
$737.1M2020
$812.7M2021
$997.5M2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$182.4k±$30.0k
Median gross rent
$672/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
18.8%±3.6%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$593.0k
2 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 95Winter weather 85Cold wave 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1852016
1892017
1792018
1902019
1962020
2092021
2482022
2672023
3092024
3362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.9 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
789.0 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
147.8 km
BILLINGS LOGAN INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.5k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rosebud?
Rosebud's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 0.1% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is utilities.
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.