County profile
Grimes County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1516 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,949
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
530
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,252
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$69.8k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
19.7%±2.9%
Poverty rate
14.6%±3.2%
Business applications
480 · 2025
Retail establishments
76
22.8/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Wholesale trade15%
Construction14%
Retail trade14%
Agriculture13%
Food & accommodation12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,252
residents · 2025 · +16.3% since 2020
Income per capita $45.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,496
International migration+171
Natural change+77
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$237.4k±$16.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$123/mo
Vacancy rate
17.0%±2.8%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$10.9M
68 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Hurricane 85Cold wave 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1682016
1722017
1872018
1942019
2012020
2232021
2692022
2902023
3102024
3232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 2021922021
1192022
1502023
1062024
682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.6 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
10.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
95.3 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
36.4 km
EASTERWOOD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.9k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Grimes?
Grimes's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% 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.