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Houston

United States · GDP 2024
#523 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.0B
GDP growth
+3.4%
Jobs tracked
44,694
Employers
2,859
Avg. wage
$51.8k
Population
110,318
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$58.6k±$1.6k
Business applications
2,748 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Construction Partners, Inc.Industrials$2.8B59C

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
Health care28%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing13%
Wholesale trade10%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
110,318
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $57.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,453
International migration+944
Natural change−446

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$5.8B
2019
$6.1B
2020
$6.7B
2021
$7.3B
2022
$7.8B
2023
$8.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$183.3k±$3.7k
Median gross rent
$945/mo±$17/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±0.8%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
470 (4.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
87.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$950/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 96Lightning 94Hurricane 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
266
2016
272
2017
276
2018
285
2019
292
2020
315
2021
356
2022
393
2023
407
2024
419
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.0 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
4.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
106.5 km
Panama City Port Authority, FL
Nearest commercial airport
23.3 km
DOTHAN RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KConstruction Partners, Inc.06-18
8-KConstruction Partners, Inc.06-08
10-QConstruction Partners, Inc.05-08
8-KConstruction Partners, Inc.05-08
8-KConstruction Partners, Inc.04-01
8-KConstruction Partners, Inc.03-27
8-KConstruction Partners, Inc.03-02
10-QConstruction Partners, Inc.02-09
8-KConstruction Partners, Inc.02-05
8-KConstruction Partners, Inc.02-02
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.8k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Beaver$8.0BBrunswick$8.1BBlair$8.0BNorth Slope Borough$8.1BLebanon$8.1BStrafford$8.0B
The read

Houston's economy produced $8.0B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.
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