County profile
Culberson County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#835 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,113
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
58
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$86.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,267
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$58.8k±$24.6k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±7.4%
Poverty rate
19.5%±14.1% · low reliability
Business applications
13 · 2025
Retail establishments
14
61.6/10k 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
Transportation47%
Food & accommodation22%
Retail trade21%
Health care9%
Other services2%
share of top-5 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,267
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $100.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+45
International migration+29
Natural change+7
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$1.3B2020
$3.3B2021
$5.0B2022
$3.8B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$79.3k±$36.6k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$112/mo
Vacancy rate
20.9%±7.7%
Affordability
0.9× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
23 units · 10.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
11.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Wildfire 67Ice storm 49
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021232021
182022
212023
252024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
41.4 km
UP
Nearest port
783.1 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
102.0 km
CAVERN CITY AIR TRML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$86.4k
avg. annual pay · +56% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Culberson?
Culberson's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 2.0% year over year — slower than 70% 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.