County profile
Silver Bow County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#1194 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,583
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,208
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,118
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$61.8k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
28.0%±2.4%
Poverty rate
14.8%±2.1%
Business applications
485 · 2025
Retail establishments
148
41.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Silver Bow Mining Corp.Basic 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 care32%
Food & accommodation25%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing8%
Construction8%
Utilities6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,118
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $62.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,603
International migration+196
Natural change−913
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$255.2k±$14.5k
Median gross rent
$863/mo±$78/mo
Vacancy rate
11.9%±1.7%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$13.4M
130 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 92Landslide 90Earthquake 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2352016
2462017
2692018
2812019
2972020
3482021
4262022
4672023
4912024
5102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 81% since 2021722021
1472022
1002023
1092024
1302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
UP
Nearest port
340.0 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
13.4 km
BERT MOONEY
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR7 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.3k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Silver Bow?
Silver Bow's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 64% of 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.