County profile
Erath County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1107 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,376
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,116
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
43,911
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$65.1k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
32.1%±2.5%
Poverty rate
16.6%±1.8%
Business applications
573 · 2025
Retail establishments
169
38.4/10k 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
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care13%
Construction12%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
43,911
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $57.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+756
International migration+148
Natural change+281
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$269.1k±$12.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$105/mo
Vacancy rate
10.0%±1.8%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
$5.9M
36 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 95Cold wave 92Tornado 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2492016
2612017
2762018
2892019
3042020
3432021
4252022
4622023
4972024
5182025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -33% since 2021542021
2122022
702023
1102024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.0 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
FWWR
Nearest port
377.3 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
103.1 km
FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Erath?
Erath's economy produced $2.5B in 2024, growing 9.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.