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Castro

United States · GDP 2024
#1749 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
GDP growth
+3.1%
Jobs tracked
1,637
Employers
163
Avg. wage
$45.4k
Population
7,295
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$56.8k±$10.8k
Business applications
56 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$643.1M
2019
$653.2M
2020
$826.1M
2021
$950.9M
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.1B
2024

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 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
34.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Drought 94Winter weather 75
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Saline$1.1BCrane$1.1BFord$1.1BCrawford$1.1BHamilton$1.1BUinta$1.1B
The read

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.
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