County profile
Denton County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#90 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$64.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
280,349
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
20,025
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,069,346
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$111.5k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
49.4%±0.7%
Poverty rate
7.1%±0.4%
Business applications
19,739 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,030
19.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$3.7B60C2Orthofix Medical Inc.Healthcare$822.3M75B+3Quest Resource Holding CorporationIndustrials$250.2M45D4Mannatech, IncorporatedConsumer Defensive$108.0M54D5ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc.Technology$97.0M——6Retractable Technologies, Inc.Healthcare$38.3M57C7RAVE Restaurant Group, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$12.0M68B8CareView Communications, Inc.Healthcare$9.0M52D9Black Bird Biotech, Inc.Healthcare$82.6k——10Allied Energy Corp.Energy$15.4k23D11PBS Holding, Inc.Industrials$0——12GMR Solutions Inc.Healthcare———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
Health care22%
Food & accommodation22%
Retail trade21%
Transportation14%
Manufacturing11%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,069,346
residents · 2025 · +16.9% since 2020
Income per capita $80.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+93,432
International migration+30,796
Natural change+29,948
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$37.8B2019
$42.4B2020
$48.4B2021
$56.6B2022
$61.3B2023
$64.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$437.2k±$3.5k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$18/mo
Vacancy rate
4.3%±0.3%
Affordability
6.9× wages
Residential permits
$2.6B
10,210 units · 9.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 100Hail 100Heat wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4512016
4972017
5322018
5522019
5662020
6452021
7832022
8152023
8322024
8252025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 202111,5752021
12,2852022
11,1022023
10,5072024
10,2102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.4 km
I-35E
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
DART
Nearest port
301.6 km
PORT CARL ALBERT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
30.4 km
PEROT FLD/FORT WORTH ALLIANCE
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR12 filings from 6 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$63.3k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Denton?
Denton's economy produced $64.3B in 2024, growing 4.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.