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Houston

United States · GDP 2024
#2020 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$810.3M
GDP growth
+7.6%
Jobs tracked
4,309
Employers
394
Avg. wage
$44.4k
Population
18,400
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$79.8k±$7.9k
Business applications
144 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Health care27%
Retail trade27%
Manufacturing15%
Construction12%
Transportation10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,400
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $67.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−64
International migration+35
Natural change−408

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$555.1M
2019
$584.7M
2020
$667.4M
2021
$709.4M
2022
$752.8M
2023
$810.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$239.0k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$879/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
7.3%±1.8%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
37 (2.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
29.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Hail 67Cold wave 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
263
2016
281
2017
288
2018
300
2019
308
2020
336
2021
377
2022
418
2023
458
2024
470
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.6 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
17.3 km
CPKC
Nearest port
23.2 km
CITY OF LACROSSE, ISLE LAPLUME DOCK AND FLEET MOORING
Nearest commercial airport
29.9 km
LA CROSSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Page$810.6MCedar$811.5MOverton$812.1MMartin$808.0MUnicoi$813.1MPembina$813.4M
The read

Houston's economy produced $810.3M in 2024, growing 7.6% year over year — faster than most 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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