County profile
Burleson County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1665 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,360
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
362
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,549
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$70.0k±$8.3k
Bachelor's degree+
23.5%±3.0%
Poverty rate
12.7%±2.9%
Business applications
224 · 2025
Retail establishments
61
30.4/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation23%
Manufacturing18%
Mining & energy13%
Health care10%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,549
residents · 2025 · +16.2% since 2020
Income per capita $62.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,748
International migration+331
Natural change−240
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$868.8M2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$191.0k±$22.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$211/mo
Vacancy rate
17.5%±2.3%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$5.8M
31 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 85Hurricane 73Cold wave 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1592016
1612017
1782018
1872019
1882020
2142021
2582022
2782023
2752024
3042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 2021572021
382022
592023
422024
312025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
87.7 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
137.4 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
26.7 km
EASTERWOOD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.3k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Burleson?
Burleson's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, contracting 4.4% year over year — slower than 90% of 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.