County profile
El Paso County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#111 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$53.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
254,282
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
16,280
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
877,858
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$59.8k±$1.1k
Bachelor's degree+
25.9%±0.7%
Poverty rate
18.7%±0.6%
Business applications
9,568 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,226
25.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Helen of Troy LimitedConsumer Defensive$1.8B56C2Elamex, S.A. de C.V.Consumer Defensive$97.6M——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 care29%
Food & accommodation21%
Retail trade20%
Admin & support12%
Transportation10%
Manufacturing9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
877,858
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $49.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−23,600
International migration+15,291
Natural change+19,196
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$34.3B2019
$34.8B2020
$39.5B2021
$46.6B2022
$50.0B2023
$53.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$180.4k±$2.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$15/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±0.3%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$457.3M
2,050 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
95.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 100Lightning 100Hail 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3942016
4062017
4172018
4332019
4512020
5022021
5872022
6522023
6862024
7062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 20212,9892021
2,4652022
2,2472023
2,3202024
2,0502025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.5 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
11.5 km
UP
Nearest port
946.4 km
PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC OIL (BARGE) DOCK NO. 10
Nearest commercial airport
14.2 km
EL PASO INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of El Paso?
El Paso's economy produced $53.3B in 2024, growing 6.6% year over year — faster than most 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.