County profile
Callahan County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2343 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$552.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,725
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
252
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,491
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$72.4k±$8.0k
Bachelor's degree+
24.0%±3.5%
Poverty rate
9.6%±2.7%
Business applications
213 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
28.2/10k 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 trade39%
Food & accommodation22%
Construction12%
Health care11%
Manufacturing9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,491
residents · 2025 · +5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $56.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,156
International migration−4
Natural change−385
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$319.2M2019
$315.7M2020
$344.2M2021
$460.4M2022
$524.6M2023
$552.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$145.5k±$16.7k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$163/mo
Vacancy rate
19.9%±4.0%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$9.8M
103 units · 7.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 85Wildfire 82Drought 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1872016
1922017
2012018
2112019
2272020
2412021
2992022
3052023
3362024
3502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
42022
132023
112024
1032025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.7 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
10.1 km
UP
Nearest port
452.1 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
31.6 km
ABILENE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Callahan?
Callahan's economy produced $552.7M in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most 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.