County profile
Carbon County, WY
United States · GDP 2024
#1319 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,062
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
500
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,013
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$70.5k±$8.4k
Bachelor's degree+
24.4%±3.4%
Poverty rate
12.2%±2.9%
Business applications
238 · 2025
Retail establishments
72
51.1/10k 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 & accommodation28%
Retail trade24%
Health care19%
Manufacturing16%
Transportation8%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,013
residents · 2025 · -3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $71.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−492
International migration+26
Natural change−32
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$986.9M2020
$1.6B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.0B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$222.7k±$13.3k
Median gross rent
$842/mo±$190/mo
Vacancy rate
25.7%±2.8%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$6.4M
30 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$980/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 92Lightning 90Landslide 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3952016
4002017
4042018
4072019
4232020
4432021
4992022
5082023
5112024
5272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 2021352021
402022
342023
352024
302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
8.5 km
UP
Nearest port
873.8 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
112.9 km
LARAMIE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.9k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carbon?
Carbon's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, contracting 3.5% year over year — slower than 88% of 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.