County profile
Bell County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#218 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$26.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
104,607
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,923
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
402,248
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$68.9k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
27.2%±1.0%
Poverty rate
14.5%±0.9%
Business applications
5,582 · 2025
Retail establishments
913
23.0/10k 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
Health care36%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing9%
Construction7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
402,248
residents · 2025 · +8.0% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+10,049
International migration+4,557
Natural change+15,268
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$17.6B2019
$18.3B2020
$20.1B2021
$22.1B2022
$24.4B2023
$26.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$241.0k±$4.3k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±0.6%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$712.9M
2,839 units · 7.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Tornado 99Lightning 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3462016
3602017
3822018
4072019
4272020
4992021
6132022
6382023
6502024
6362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 20214,0192021
3,5722022
3,1072023
3,2432024
2,8392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
239.2 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
33.5 km
ROBERT GRAY AAF
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bell?
Bell's economy produced $26.1B in 2024, growing 6.9% 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.