County profile
Castro County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1749 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,637
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
163
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,295
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$56.8k±$10.8k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±4.2%
Poverty rate
19.2%±4.2%
Business applications
56 · 2025
Retail establishments
25
34.0/10k 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
Transportation36%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation14%
Retail trade12%
Admin & support12%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,295
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $107.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−437
International migration+285
Natural change+114
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$643.1M2019
$653.2M2020
$826.1M2021
$950.9M2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$95.0k±$31.5k
Median gross rent
$896/mo±$180/mo
Vacancy rate
20.2%±4.5%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Drought 94Winter weather 75
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.1 km
I-27
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
LBWR
Nearest port
621.2 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
75.6 km
CLOVIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Castro?
Castro's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.