County profile
Cherokee County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1239 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,002
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
840
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
53,337
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.9%±1.7%
Poverty rate
18.2%±2.6%
Business applications
602 · 2025
Retail establishments
126
23.7/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care27%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
53,337
residents · 2025 · +5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $48.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,366
International migration+215
Natural change+143
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.3k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$933/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±2.1%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$11.3M
43 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$984/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 92Drought 88Heat wave 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1752016
1852017
1902018
2042019
2132020
2362021
2822022
3092023
3092024
3252025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 139% since 2021182021
472022
392023
212024
432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
67.1 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
RPP
Nearest port
156.2 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
61.8 km
TYLER POUNDS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cherokee?
Cherokee's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.