County profile
Brazoria County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#234 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$23.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
98,916
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
6,650
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$67.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
419,080
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$98.0k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
33.1%±1.1%
Poverty rate
7.4%±0.6%
Business applications
6,380 · 2025
Retail establishments
910
22.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Signal Advance, Inc.Technology$2.4k——2StemGen, Inc.Technology$0——3Mountain Top Properties, Inc.Real Estate———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 trade22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing18%
Construction18%
Health care17%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
419,080
residents · 2025 · +12.2% since 2020
Income per capita $60.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+30,941
International migration+5,700
Natural change+8,464
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$16.6B2019
$16.3B2020
$18.8B2021
$22.1B2022
$22.5B2023
$23.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$301.6k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±0.8%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$987.4M
2,800 units · 6.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 97Hurricane 97Lightning 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3122016
3282017
3502018
3672019
3772020
4152021
4762022
5022023
5112024
5182025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -37% since 20214,4622021
4,1782022
3,7522023
3,9632024
2,8002025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.5 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
3.9 km
UP
Nearest port
7.2 km
Port Freeport, TX
Nearest commercial airport
9.0 km
TEXAS GULF COAST RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):39,538,812 short tons/yr · Port Freeport, TX
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$67.1k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Brazoria?
Brazoria's economy produced $23.4B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.