County profile
Baylor County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2832 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$234.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
778
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
105
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,472
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$45.4k±$9.0k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±4.8%
Poverty rate
21.8%±6.0%
Business applications
46 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
37.3/10k 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
Health care49%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation12%
Manufacturing6%
Finance & insurance5%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,472
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $63.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+141
International migration+27
Natural change−158
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$164.7M2019
$178.6M2020
$196.9M2021
$236.7M2022
$222.2M2023
$234.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$103.1k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$581/mo±$220/mo
Vacancy rate
30.1%±6.6%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 94Wildfire 65Hail 63
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
73.3 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
51.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
427.9 km
PORT OF DUNKIN
Nearest commercial airport
78.5 km
SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.4k
avg. annual pay · +41% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Baylor?
Baylor's economy produced $234.9M in 2024, growing 5.7% 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.