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Bell

United States · GDP 2024
#218 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$26.1B
GDP growth
+6.9%
Jobs tracked
104,607
Employers
5,923
Avg. wage
$58.9k
Population
402,248
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$68.9k±$1.9k
Business applications
5,582 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$17.6B
2019
$18.3B
2020
$20.1B
2021
$22.1B
2022
$24.4B
2023
$26.1B
2024

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
2,839 (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
346
2016
360
2017
382
2018
407
2019
427
2020
499
2021
613
2022
638
2023
650
2024
636
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Benton$26.1BClayton$26.3BGalveston$26.3BManatee$26.3BBrown$25.7BSt. Charles$26.4B
The read

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.
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