County profile
Quay County, NM
United States · GDP 2024
#2619 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$353.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,779
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
214
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,454
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$41.9k±$14.8k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±4.7%
Poverty rate
27.1%±5.1%
Business applications
138 · 2025
Retail establishments
39
45.7/10k 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
Retail trade33%
Food & accommodation29%
Health care22%
Construction6%
Other services6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,454
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $47.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−24
International migration+47
Natural change−288
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$311.1M2019
$309.3M2020
$339.4M2021
$386.7M2022
$389.9M2023
$353.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$87.2k±$16.0k
Median gross rent
$712/mo±$150/mo
Vacancy rate
20.7%±4.6%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
26.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 90Wildfire 86Winter weather 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
1232014
1042015
1172016
1262017
1152018
1262019
1392020
1382021
1332022
2022024
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.6 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
14.5 km
UP
Nearest port
716.7 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
86.9 km
CLOVIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.0k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Quay?
Quay's economy produced $353.6M in 2024, contracting 9.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.