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Houston

United States · GDP 2024
#1616 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
GDP growth
+6.1%
Jobs tracked
4,018
Employers
360
Avg. wage
$62.2k
Population
22,316
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$56.5k±$3.8k
Business applications
230 · 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
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade22%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation15%
Other services7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,316
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $56.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+828
International migration+83
Natural change−686

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$965.4M
2019
$951.5M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.2B
2022
$1.2B
2023
$1.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.9k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$887/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
26.3%±2.5%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
60.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$978/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 99Cold wave 88Drought 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
148
2016
173
2017
177
2018
179
2019
191
2020
206
2021
264
2022
262
2023
280
2024
304
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
53.9 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
3.6 km
UP
Nearest port
162.4 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
115.2 km
TYLER POUNDS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$62.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hempstead$1.3BPerry$1.3BMarion$1.3BSchoharie$1.3BLogan$1.3BHaywood$1.3B
The read

Houston's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 6.1% 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.
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