County profile
Los Alamos County, NM
United States · GDP 2024
#843 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,888
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
373
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$109.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,407
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$147.1k±$10.6k
Bachelor's degree+
69.7%±4.4%
Poverty rate
3.5%±1.5%
Business applications
181 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
15.4/10k 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
Professional services81%
Admin & support6%
Health care6%
Food & accommodation3%
Retail trade2%
Other services1%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,407
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $98.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−503
International migration+363
Natural change+110
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B2019
$2.5B2020
$2.7B2021
$3.0B2022
$3.5B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$495.8k±$24.6k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$119/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±1.9%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$3.0M
15 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
3.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 83Landslide 66Earthquake 50
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4972016
5582017
6062018
6472019
6822020
7482021
8802022
9892023
10842024
10522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -63% since 2021402021
392022
352023
122024
152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.1 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
38.1 km
NMRX
Nearest port
950.4 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
34.3 km
SANTA FE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$109.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Los Alamos?
Los Alamos's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 8.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.
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.