County profile
Sierra County, NM
United States · GDP 2024
#2512 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$423.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,180
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
222
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,395
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$41.6k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
17.0%±3.4%
Poverty rate
21.4%±5.2%
Business applications
162 · 2025
Retail establishments
42
36.8/10k 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
Food & accommodation31%
Health care25%
Retail trade25%
Construction12%
Finance & insurance4%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,395
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $52.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+761
International migration−2
Natural change−929
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$306.6M2019
$331.3M2020
$360.8M2021
$382.1M2022
$403.1M2023
$423.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$152.6k±$15.7k
Median gross rent
$729/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
33.7%±4.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 83Drought 74Lightning 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1332016
1322017
1282018
1372019
1532020
1662021
1802022
2402023
2282024
2472025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.1 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
14.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
925.6 km
San Diego Unified Port, CA
Nearest commercial airport
97.0 km
LAS CRUCES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.4k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sierra?
Sierra's economy produced $423.0M in 2024, growing 4.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.