County profile
Bee County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1759 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,426
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
447
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,515
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$57.7k±$5.8k
Bachelor's degree+
14.0%±1.9%
Poverty rate
17.6%±3.2%
Business applications
259 · 2025
Retail establishments
61
18.7/10k 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 care39%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction10%
Other services5%
Manufacturing4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,515
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $37.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,386
International migration+117
Natural change−103
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$781.4M2019
$757.5M2020
$769.7M2021
$922.9M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$111.3k±$15.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$107/mo
Vacancy rate
17.3%±2.8%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$4.1M
14 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Drought 90Heat wave 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1972016
1992017
2032018
2112019
2242020
2402021
2632022
2942023
2812024
3062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 133% since 202162021
132022
132023
142024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.2 km
I-37
Nearest freight rail
28.0 km
UP
Nearest port
67.1 km
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY
Nearest commercial airport
75.5 km
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bee?
Bee's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 9.5% 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.