County profile
Bailey County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2239 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$626.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,248
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
140
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,963
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$61.4k±$16.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.2%±4.5%
Poverty rate
12.0%±4.3%
Business applications
59 · 2025
Retail establishments
20
29.0/10k 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 & accommodation23%
Wholesale trade22%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing15%
Health care12%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,963
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $59.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−631
International migration+451
Natural change+268
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$387.8M2019
$403.3M2020
$476.5M2021
$544.8M2022
$595.4M2023
$626.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$105.3k±$14.3k
Median gross rent
$931/mo±$94/mo
Vacancy rate
19.4%±8.4%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$592.4k
2 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Hail 95Wildfire 89
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
32023
52024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
90.1 km
I-27
Nearest freight rail
19.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
688.3 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
45.9 km
CLOVIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bailey?
Bailey's economy produced $626.0M in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.