Places/TX/Chambers County, TX
County profile

Chambers County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#855 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,806
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
809
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$75.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
57,594
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$109.8k±$10.5k
Bachelor's degree+
21.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
11.9%±2.8%
Business applications
705 · 2025
Retail establishments
122
21.8/10k pop

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
Transportation33%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation15%
Retail trade13%
Construction9%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
57,594
residents · 2025 · +22.6% since 2020
Income per capita $66.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+8,642
International migration+465
Natural change+1,431

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.7B
2019
$2.7B
2020
$2.9B
2021
$3.3B
2022
$3.8B
2023
$3.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$329.5k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$140/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±2.2%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$153.4M
564 units · 9.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 86Wildfire 79Tornado 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
280
2016
290
2017
316
2018
326
2019
345
2020
376
2021
434
2022
453
2023
471
2024
489
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-46% since 2021
1,052
2021
745
2022
582
2023
646
2024
564
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.1 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
26.7 km
UP
Nearest port
9.0 km
CITY DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
55.3 km
ELLINGTON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$75.2k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Chambers?

Chambers's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, contracting 2.8% year over yearslower than 87% 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.