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Galveston

United States · GDP 2024
#215 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$26.3B
GDP growth
+1.5%
Jobs tracked
95,225
Employers
6,597
Avg. wage
$60.5k
Population
372,207
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$86.1k±$2.5k
Business applications
5,413 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Castle Biosciences, Inc.Healthcare$344.2M70B2ERF Wireless, Inc.Technology$7.2M——3Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.Energy$1.6M——4Data Call Technologies, Inc.Technology$541.8k——5Neurogenesis, Inc.Healthcare$399.2k——6American International Industries, Inc.Industrials$011D

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 & accommodation29%
Health care24%
Retail trade21%
Construction10%
Other services9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
372,207
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $67.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+13,615
International migration+4,455
Natural change+2,692

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$16.7B
2019
$15.7B
2020
$19.7B
2021
$26.3B
2022
$25.9B
2023
$26.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$314.6k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±0.6%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
2,525 (6.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
95.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Lightning 97Hurricane 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
385
2016
411
2017
441
2018
459
2019
482
2020
542
2021
639
2022
665
2023
677
2024
689
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.9 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
UP
Nearest port
5.0 km
OILTANKING TEXAS CITY, DOCK NO. 64
Nearest commercial airport
30.9 km
ELLINGTON
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):42,867,206 short tons/yr · Galveston, TX, Texas City, TX
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KCastle Biosciences, Inc.05-29
10-QCastle Biosciences, Inc.05-06
8-KCastle Biosciences, Inc.05-06
DEF 14ACastle Biosciences, Inc.04-08
10-KCastle Biosciences, Inc.02-26
8-KCastle Biosciences, Inc.02-26
8-KCastle Biosciences, Inc.01-13
10-QCastle Biosciences, Inc.11-03
8-KCastle Biosciences, Inc.11-03
8-KCastle Biosciences, Inc.08-08
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$60.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Manatee$26.3BClayton$26.3BSt. Charles$26.4BBenton$26.1BBerks$26.6BBell$26.1B
The read

Galveston's economy produced $26.3B in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% 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.
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