County profile
Esmeralda County, NV
United States · GDP 2024
#3101 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$46.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-23.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
192
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
15
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$67.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
729
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$41.7k±$32.5k · low reliability
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±10.2%
Poverty rate
12.4%±10.2% · low reliability
Business applications
14 · 2025
Retail establishments
Census CBP
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
Mining & energy78%
Food & accommodation22%
share of top-2 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
729
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $64.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+40
International migration−5
Natural change−39
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$38.3M2019
$40.6M2020
$51.4M2021
$51.0M2022
$61.2M2023
$46.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$108.9k±$25.4k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$769/mo · low reliability
Vacancy rate
27.1%±5.0%
Affordability
1.6× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
2.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 69Drought 66Landslide 44
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
238.7 km
I-580
Nearest freight rail
113.6 km
USG
Nearest port
323.0 km
COLBERG EDISON WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
79.1 km
BISHOP
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$67.9k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Esmeralda?
Esmeralda's economy produced $46.9M in 2024, contracting 23.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.