County profile
Ector County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#306 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 95% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$16.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
66,236
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,994
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$72.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
173,801
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$71.5k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
17.6%±1.6%
Poverty rate
16.5%±1.9%
Business applications
3,020 · 2025
Retail establishments
516
30.2/10k 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
Mining & energy21%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care16%
Construction14%
Wholesale trade13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
173,801
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $62.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−5,177
International migration+6,406
Natural change+7,395
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$13.3B2019
$10.8B2020
$11.7B2021
$14.5B2022
$16.0B2023
$16.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$200.2k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
6.3%±0.9%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$228.2M
921 units · 5.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Winter weather 97Wildfire 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4922016
4972017
5412018
6002019
6172020
6232021
6442022
6702023
7262024
7482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -34% since 20211,4062021
8882022
6902023
1,0042024
9212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.9 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
11.0 km
UP
Nearest port
634.3 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
33.2 km
MIDLAND INTL AIR AND SPACE PORT
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$72.7k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ector?
Ector's economy produced $16.5B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.