County profile
Houston County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1616 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,018
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
360
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$62.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,316
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$56.5k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
14.8%±2.1%
Poverty rate
15.0%±2.8%
Business applications
230 · 2025
Retail establishments
59
26.4/10k 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
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
$965.4M2019
$951.5M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.3B2024
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
$506.0k
1 units · 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
1482016
1732017
1772018
1792019
1912020
2062021
2642022
2622023
2802024
3042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -67% since 202132021
32022
52023
32024
12025
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
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What is the GDP of Houston?
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.