County profile
Hockley County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1318 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,330
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
477
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,600
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.9%±1.9%
Poverty rate
13.1%±2.7%
Business applications
247 · 2025
Retail establishments
66
30.7/10k 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
Mining & energy41%
Retail trade17%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction7%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,600
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $54.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+25
International migration+114
Natural change+7
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.7B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.0B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.0k±$12.0k
Median gross rent
$850/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
14.3%±2.8%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$3.0M
9 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 98Drought 94Wildfire 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3052016
3122017
3242018
3482019
3602020
3812021
4522022
4722023
4722024
5102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -47% since 2021172021
112022
32023
62024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.1 km
I-27
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
LBWR
Nearest port
669.4 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
48.8 km
LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.3k
avg. annual pay · +8% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hockley?
Hockley's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, contracting 3.4% year over year — slower than 88% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.