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Houston

United States · GDP 2024
#2883 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$213.6M
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
1,040
Employers
106
Avg. wage
$41.8k
Population
8,479
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$59.6k±$4.1k
Business applications
91 · 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 care29%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation13%
Other services11%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,479
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+456
International migration+2
Natural change−277

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$162.5M
2019
$163.0M
2020
$170.4M
2021
$179.8M
2022
$204.1M
2023
$213.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$172.7k±$23.1k
Median gross rent
$735/mo±$95/mo
Vacancy rate
15.2%±2.7%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
13.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 72Strong wind 58Landslide 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
118
2016
132
2017
138
2018
162
2019
165
2020
196
2021
243
2022
269
2023
278
2024
300
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$41.8k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Clay$213.3MShelby$214.1MSteele$213.0MJenkins$214.2MMontgomery$214.4MHudspeth$214.6M
The read

Houston's economy produced $213.6M in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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