County profile
Gonzales County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#865 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,950
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
405
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,159
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
11.9%±2.3%
Poverty rate
15.8%±2.9%
Business applications
234 · 2025
Retail establishments
72
35.8/10k 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
Manufacturing27%
Retail trade24%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation14%
Wholesale trade7%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,159
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $71.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+60
International migration+204
Natural change+214
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B2019
$1.8B2020
$3.2B2021
$4.3B2022
$3.7B2023
$3.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.1k±$22.0k
Median gross rent
$840/mo±$132/mo
Vacancy rate
12.1%±2.4%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$6.0M
25 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 92Drought 89Hurricane 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1622016
1652017
1832018
1922019
1952020
2162021
2352022
3482023
2952024
2812025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 47% since 2021172021
82022
102023
142024
252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
6.7 km
TXGN
Nearest port
89.2 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
83.8 km
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.5k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Gonzales?
Gonzales's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, growing 0.3% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.