County profile
Frio County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1525 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,949
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
295
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,823
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$66.0k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
11.9%±3.6%
Poverty rate
19.5%±4.8%
Business applications
150 · 2025
Retail establishments
47
25.0/10k 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
Admin & support29%
Health care20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation11%
Mining & energy9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,823
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $40.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−524
International migration+881
Natural change+122
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$909.7M2020
$1.2B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$107.7k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$110/mo
Vacancy rate
15.0%±3.6%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.3M
9 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Heat wave 85Cold wave 85
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 2021102021
112022
102023
132024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
UP
Nearest port
192.3 km
PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC OIL (BARGE) DOCK NO. 10
Nearest commercial airport
96.6 km
SAN ANTONIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.5k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Frio?
Frio's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, contracting 2.5% year over year — slower than 86% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is admin & support.
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.