County profile
Bastrop County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#770 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,763
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,778
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
118,908
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$86.2k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
25.0%±1.8%
Poverty rate
10.2%±1.7%
Business applications
1,529 · 2025
Retail establishments
235
20.3/10k 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
Retail trade31%
Food & accommodation25%
Construction15%
Health care15%
Manufacturing9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
118,908
residents · 2025 · +21.3% since 2020
Income per capita $49.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+16,618
International migration+1,475
Natural change+2,696
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B2019
$2.7B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.6B2022
$4.1B2023
$4.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$314.8k±$11.5k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±1.3%
Affordability
6.2× wages
Residential permits
$561.7M
2,269 units · 19.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 91Hail 85Heat wave 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2622016
2822017
3092018
3292019
3432020
4092021
5092022
5082023
5142024
5222025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 171% since 20218362021
6192022
1,3412023
1,8412024
2,2692025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
43.7 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
UP
Nearest port
149.0 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
35.9 km
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.8k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Bastrop?
Bastrop's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.