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Hays

United States · GDP 2024
#324 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$15.3B
GDP growth
+8.9%
Jobs tracked
76,995
Employers
5,891
Avg. wage
$53.1k
Population
304,390
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$89.1k±$2.5k
Business applications
4,316 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Retail trade29%
Food & accommodation25%
Health care16%
Construction13%
Manufacturing9%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
304,390
residents · 2025 · +24.8% since 2020
Income per capita $67.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+47,293
International migration+4,642
Natural change+8,080

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$8.9B
2019
$9.1B
2020
$10.5B
2021
$12.4B
2022
$14.1B
2023
$15.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$399.8k±$10.3k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
4.6%±0.6%
Affordability
7.5× wages
Residential permits
4,595 (15.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Tornado 96Lightning 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
447
2016
482
2017
503
2018
532
2019
560
2020
675
2021
852
2022
838
2023
810
2024
809
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
16.1 km
UP
Nearest port
173.6 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
37.9 km
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Chesapeake (Independent City)$15.2BHinds$15.4BChampaign$15.4BRensselaer$15.5BWyandotte$15.5BLorain$15.0B
The read

Hays's economy produced $15.3B in 2024, growing 8.9% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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