County profile
Gillespie County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1371 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,690
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,202
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,527
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$76.2k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
37.2%±2.8%
Poverty rate
9.2%±2.2%
Business applications
445 · 2025
Retail establishments
188
66.8/10k 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 & accommodation28%
Retail trade22%
Health care21%
Construction15%
Manufacturing9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,527
residents · 2025 · +6.6% since 2020
Income per capita $97.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,036
International migration+485
Natural change−711
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$460.7k±$29.3k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
19.9%±3.0%
Affordability
9.5× wages
Residential permits
$10.8M
51 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 84Hail 83Drought 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3452016
3712017
4062018
4292019
4512020
5192021
6542022
6412023
6332024
6592025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 2021852021
112022
672023
522024
512025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.8 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
55.2 km
AWRR
Nearest port
255.3 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
98.7 km
SAN ANTONIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Gillespie?
Gillespie's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most 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.