County profile
Burnet County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1049 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,327
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,600
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
57,015
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$78.7k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
28.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
8.0%±1.2%
Business applications
869 · 2025
Retail establishments
191
34.1/10k 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 trade22%
Health care21%
Construction18%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing14%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
57,015
residents · 2025 · +15.2% since 2020
Income per capita $68.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,183
International migration+806
Natural change−466
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.7B2023
$2.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$344.0k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
17.9%±1.9%
Affordability
6.3× wages
Residential permits
$223.3M
736 units · 12.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 89Hail 87Tornado 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2412016
2602017
2842018
2972019
3122020
3522021
4562022
4782023
4882024
4702025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 20219912021
8772022
1,6252023
7422024
7362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.9 km
I-14
Nearest freight rail
3.1 km
AWRR
Nearest port
250.5 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
45.8 km
ROBERT GRAY AAF
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Burnet?
Burnet's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 64% 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.