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County profile

Gaines

United States · GDP 2024
#1164 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
GDP growth
-8.4%
Jobs tracked
5,154
Employers
532
Avg. wage
$62.1k
Population
23,956
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$74.1k±$12.2k
Business applications
378 · 2025

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 trade21%
Mining & energy18%
Construction16%
Other services16%
Wholesale trade15%
Food & accommodation14%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,956
residents · 2025 · +10.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−148
International migration+654
Natural change+1,750

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.8B
2022
$2.5B
2023
$2.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$200.7k±$24.9k
Median gross rent
$789/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
10.2%±3.0%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
19 (0.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
57.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Drought 94Wildfire 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
236
2016
237
2017
247
2018
264
2019
282
2020
288
2021
320
2022
350
2023
376
2024
386
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
98.8 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
21.8 km
LBWR
Nearest port
696.4 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
54.8 km
LEA COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$62.1k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Baxter$2.3BCrawford$2.3BCoffee$2.3BKlickitat$2.3BIonia$2.3BPittsburg$2.3B
The read

Gaines's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, contracting 8.4% year over year — among 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.
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