County profile
Freestone County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1645 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,144
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
362
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,811
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$60.0k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
12.3%±2.7%
Business applications
259 · 2025
Retail establishments
56
27.1/10k 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
Food & accommodation26%
Retail trade25%
Health care21%
Manufacturing12%
Other services9%
Mining & energy7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,811
residents · 2025 · +7.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,508
International migration+120
Natural change−236
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$880.8M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.0k±$8.8k
Median gross rent
$853/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
22.3%±3.1%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
4 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Tornado 73Hurricane 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1982016
2152017
2182018
2272019
2412020
2622021
3472022
3302023
3672024
3622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202142021
92022
12023
12024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.1 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
7.3 km
PVTX
Nearest port
217.8 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
100.8 km
TYLER POUNDS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Freestone?
Freestone's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, contracting 3.8% year over year — slower than 89% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.