County profile
Brooks County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2680 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$312.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,344
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
108
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,579
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$47.8k±$16.5k
Bachelor's degree+
17.0%±6.7%
Poverty rate
19.4%±6.4%
Business applications
46 · 2025
Retail establishments
17
25.4/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation25%
Construction6%
Other services3%
Finance & insurance3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,579
residents · 2025 · -7.3% since 2020
Income per capita $45.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−547
International migration+103
Natural change−75
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$294.4M2019
$266.2M2020
$310.2M2021
$341.8M2022
$343.7M2023
$312.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$81.0k±$19.3k
Median gross rent
$719/mo±$249/mo
Vacancy rate
23.4%±6.5%
Affordability
1.5× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Hurricane 82Hail 62
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202112021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
65.2 km
I-69C
Nearest freight rail
42.0 km
UP
Nearest port
76.2 km
LAGUNA MADRE
Nearest commercial airport
95.1 km
MC ALLEN INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brooks?
Brooks's economy produced $312.0M in 2024, contracting 9.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.