County profile
Sanders County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#2344 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$552.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,585
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
394
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,062
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$57.5k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
21.5%±3.3%
Poverty rate
15.4%±3.1%
Business applications
253 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
38.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1United States Antimony CorporationBasic Materials———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 care29%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation22%
Manufacturing12%
Construction8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,062
residents · 2025 · +12.9% since 2020
Income per capita $49.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,979
International migration+1
Natural change−367
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$364.1M2019
$393.8M2020
$452.2M2021
$470.0M2022
$530.5M2023
$552.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$359.0k±$20.5k
Median gross rent
$820/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
19.9%±3.0%
Affordability
8.3× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
47.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Wildfire 91Winter weather 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2002016
2202017
2282018
2452019
2642020
3022021
3832022
4512023
4212024
4552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.1 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
11.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
199.1 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
96.1 km
GLACIER PARK INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sanders?
Sanders's economy produced $552.2M in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.