County profile
Bandera County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2346 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$550.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,150
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
428
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,876
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$75.8k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
27.2%±3.4%
Poverty rate
13.5%±3.3%
Business applications
358 · 2025
Retail establishments
58
25.4/10k 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 & accommodation25%
Construction19%
Retail trade18%
Admin & support17%
Health care12%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,876
residents · 2025 · +9.0% since 2020
Income per capita $65.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,575
International migration+110
Natural change−805
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$424.3M2019
$409.1M2020
$437.1M2021
$486.4M2022
$520.3M2023
$550.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$278.4k±$24.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$107/mo
Vacancy rate
20.1%±2.6%
Affordability
6.4× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 87Lightning 84Hail 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1922016
2072017
2232018
2322019
2502020
2802021
3392022
3652023
3692024
3452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202112021
32022
72023
22024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
33.7 km
UP
Nearest port
244.7 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
78.8 km
SAN ANTONIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bandera?
Bandera's economy produced $550.4M in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most 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.