County profile
Catron County, NM
United States · GDP 2024
#2992 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$144.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
515
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
74
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,827
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$49.9k±$16.7k
Bachelor's degree+
31.2%±7.9%
Poverty rate
24.8%±8.4%
Business applications
39 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
39.2/10k 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
Health care41%
Retail trade22%
Professional services18%
Manufacturing7%
Other services6%
Utilities6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,827
residents · 2025 · +6.1% since 2020
Income per capita $44.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+427
International migration+19
Natural change−231
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$84.3M2019
$96.5M2020
$105.3M2021
$137.2M2022
$140.6M2023
$144.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$167.0k±$63.4k
Median gross rent
$736/mo±$581/mo · low reliability
Vacancy rate
47.5%±4.1%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
36.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 96Landslide 94Lightning 83
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
119.5 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
82.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
817.8 km
San Diego Unified Port, CA
Nearest commercial airport
143.9 km
GRANT COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Catron?
Catron's economy produced $144.2M in 2024, growing 2.5% year over year — slower than 67% 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.