County profile
Hale County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1378 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,604
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
645
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,819
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
15.3%±2.1%
Poverty rate
20.5%±3.0%
Business applications
265 · 2025
Retail establishments
90
28.1/10k 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
Transportation25%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care17%
Manufacturing11%
Education10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,819
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $45.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,114
International migration+356
Natural change+126
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$116.5k±$12.5k
Median gross rent
$836/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
17.7%±2.2%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$746.0k
6 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Drought 93Winter weather 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2392016
2412017
2622018
2642019
2712020
3092021
3422022
3762023
3682024
3872025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -77% since 2021262021
122022
142023
62024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.0 km
I-27
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
603.7 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
45.3 km
LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hale?
Hale's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 1.3% year over year — slower than 75% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.