County profile
Clay County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2490 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$433.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+38.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,108
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
162
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,764
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$80.1k±$7.1k
Bachelor's degree+
22.4%±2.7%
Poverty rate
8.4%±2.2%
Business applications
110 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
25.1/10k 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
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing18%
Health care17%
Transportation16%
Food & accommodation15%
Other services12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,764
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $58.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+747
International migration+24
Natural change−270
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$224.5M2019
$222.4M2020
$249.5M2021
$287.3M2022
$313.0M2023
$433.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.5k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$811/mo±$95/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±2.9%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$1.9M
8 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 88Drought 69Hail 53
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1502016
1522017
1542018
1622019
1702020
1972021
2412022
2592023
2642024
2462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 300% since 202122021
82022
72023
142024
82025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.2 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
338.7 km
PORT CARL ALBERT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
34.6 km
SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clay?
Clay's economy produced $433.1M in 2024, growing 38.4% year over year — faster than 100% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.