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 · 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
Transportation33%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation15%
Retail trade13%
Construction9%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
57,594
residents · 2025 · +22.6% since 2020
Income per capita $66.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,642
International migration+465
Natural change+1,431
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.7B2020
$2.9B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.8B2023
$3.7B2024
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 · 2016–2025
2802016
2902017
3162018
3262019
3452020
3762021
4342022
4532023
4712024
4892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 20211,0522021
7452022
5822023
6462024
5642025
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 · 2019–2023$75.2k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chambers?
Chambers's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, contracting 2.8% year over year — slower 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.