Places/TX/Denton County, TX
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
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 · 20202025
1,069,346
residents · 2025 · +16.9% since 2020
Income per capita $80.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+93,432
International migration+30,796
Natural change+29,948

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$37.8B
2019
$42.4B
2020
$48.4B
2021
$56.6B
2022
$61.3B
2023
$64.3B
2024

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 · 20162025
451
2016
497
2017
532
2018
552
2019
566
2020
645
2021
783
2022
815
2023
832
2024
825
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-12% since 2021
11,575
2021
12,285
2022
11,102
2023
10,507
2024
10,210
2025

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
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$63.3k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Denton?

Denton's economy produced $64.3B in 2024, growing 4.9% year over yearabout 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.