County profile
Howard County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#438 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$10.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-14.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,082
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
737
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$61.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,504
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$69.6k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±1.8%
Poverty rate
13.8%±2.0%
Business applications
384 · 2025
Retail establishments
110
36.0/10k 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
Health care31%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing10%
Mining & energy9%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,504
residents · 2025 · -12.4% since 2020
Income per capita $69.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−5,047
International migration+642
Natural change−282
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.4B2019
$3.7B2020
$8.3B2021
$13.1B2022
$11.8B2023
$10.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.6k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±2.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.8M
6 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Drought 95Wildfire 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3392016
3442017
3682018
4052019
4332020
4572021
4942022
5162023
5272024
5542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 200% since 202122021
162022
152023
752024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.7 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
UP
Nearest port
578.7 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
82.7 km
MIDLAND INTL AIR AND SPACE PORT
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$61.5k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Howard?
Howard's economy produced $10.0B in 2024, contracting 14.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.