County profile
Taos County, NM
United States · GDP 2024
#1507 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,460
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,083
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,564
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$59.0k±$7.0k
Bachelor's degree+
38.5%±3.9%
Poverty rate
15.5%±2.5%
Business applications
482 · 2025
Retail establishments
199
57.8/10k 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 & accommodation30%
Retail trade23%
Health care22%
Arts & recreation13%
Construction6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,564
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $53.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+689
International migration+375
Natural change−931
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$382.8k±$37.8k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$143/mo
Vacancy rate
26.8%±2.3%
Affordability
8.9× wages
Residential permits
$29.7M
105 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 96Avalanche 94Winter weather 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2482016
2602017
2742018
2792019
2942020
3132021
3692022
3992023
4532024
4542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -28% since 20211462021
1342022
1182023
1272024
1052025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
93.5 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
60.7 km
CTSR
Nearest port
885.7 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
97.7 km
SAN LUIS VALLEY RGNL/BERGMAN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Taos?
Taos's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 6.7% year over year — faster than most 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.