Places/TX/DeWitt County, TX
County profile

DeWitt County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#765 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,503
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
446
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,309
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$63.7k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
16.9%±2.2%
Poverty rate
17.6%±2.8%
Business applications
203 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
34.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade25%
Health care20%
Real estate19%
Food & accommodation14%
Mining & energy14%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
20,309
residents · 2025 · +2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $75.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+582
International migration+161
Natural change285

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$3.7B
2019
$2.2B
2020
$4.1B
2021
$5.3B
2022
$4.4B
2023
$4.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.9k±$10.3k
Median gross rent
$921/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
25.1%±2.6%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$5.7M
19 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 90Cold wave 73Drought 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
195
2016
171
2017
207
2018
195
2019
215
2020
229
2021
256
2022
270
2023
329
2024
332
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
73% since 2021
11
2021
22
2022
13
2023
8
2024
19
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
64.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
5.9 km
UP
Nearest port
49.1 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
49.6 km
VICTORIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$55.3k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of DeWitt?

DeWitt's economy produced $4.4B in 2024, contracting 0.4% year over yearslower than 81% 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.