Places/TX/Edwards County, TX
County profile

Edwards County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#3076 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$76.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-17.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
241
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
39
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,370
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$40.3k±$21.7k · low reliability
Bachelor's degree+
26.1%±9.8%
Poverty rate
31.9%±23.2% · low reliability
Business applications
11 · 2025
Retail establishments
6
43.4/10k 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 trade54%
Construction13%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services10%
share of top-5 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
1,370
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $73.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration2
International migration2
Natural change47

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$68.2M
2019
$62.2M
2020
$74.5M
2021
$85.3M
2022
$93.0M
2023
$76.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
ACS
Median gross rent
$713/mo±$234/mo
Vacancy rate
50.4%±8.9%
Affordability
needs value + wage
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
5.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 74Drought 62Hurricane 45

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
52.0 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
75.8 km
UP
Nearest port
348.9 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
90.4 km
DEL RIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$39.4k
avg. annual pay · -2% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Edwards?

Edwards's economy produced $76.3M in 2024, contracting 17.9% year over yearamong the slowest-growing 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.