County profile
Hood County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#883 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,655
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,552
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
70,501
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$88.2k±$6.1k
Bachelor's degree+
32.9%±2.0%
Poverty rate
7.7%±1.3%
Business applications
1,068 · 2025
Retail establishments
194
28.0/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation21%
Construction12%
Other services10%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
70,501
residents · 2025 · +13.6% since 2020
Income per capita $69.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,361
International migration+552
Natural change−1,453
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.7B2021
$3.2B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$306.4k±$16.7k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$87/mo
Vacancy rate
12.2%±1.8%
Affordability
6.2× wages
Residential permits
$81.2M
258 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 92Wildfire 91Hail 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2082016
2302017
2522018
2632019
2772020
3222021
3972022
4242023
4192024
4292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -11% since 20212912021
1192022
1102023
1412024
2582025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.7 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
FWWR
Nearest port
368.4 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
61.8 km
FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.6k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hood?
Hood's economy produced $3.6B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 62% of 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.