County profile
Hill County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1407 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,017
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
649
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
39,503
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$64.6k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.0%±1.5%
Poverty rate
14.7%±2.0%
Business applications
538 · 2025
Retail establishments
115
29.6/10k 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
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction16%
Health care14%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,503
residents · 2025 · +9.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,726
International migration+276
Natural change−517
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$179.2k±$9.6k
Median gross rent
$946/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
16.2%±2.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$17.0M
68 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 96Tornado 90Wildfire 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2072016
2282017
2562018
2632019
2822020
3232021
3872022
4422023
4532024
4672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -39% since 20211122021
612022
662023
612024
682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.2 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
UP
Nearest port
289.4 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
43.1 km
WACO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hill?
Hill's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 7.6% year over year — faster than most 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.