County profile
Carson County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1551 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
983
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
131
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$96.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,805
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$85.2k±$6.3k
Bachelor's degree+
26.4%±4.8%
Poverty rate
7.4%±3.0%
Business applications
62 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
44.6/10k 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
Construction31%
Retail trade30%
Transportation14%
Admin & support10%
Food & accommodation9%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,805
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $58.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+124
International migration+8
Natural change−123
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$965.8M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.0k±$25.0k
Median gross rent
$956/mo±$109/mo
Vacancy rate
18.4%±4.0%
Affordability
1.5× wages
Residential permits
$10.1M
39 units · 6.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Wildfire 87Hail 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1772016
1892017
1872018
1912019
1992020
2172021
2422022
2882023
2842024
2632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1850% since 202122021
472022
352023
412024
392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.6 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
5.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
514.8 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
37.9 km
RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$96.1k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
The read
What is the GDP of Carson?
Carson's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 0.0% year over year — slower than 80% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.