Places/TX/Jackson County, TX
County profile

Jackson County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#2054 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$772.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,775
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
337
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,393
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$65.4k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±3.0%
Poverty rate
14.1%±4.1%
Business applications
122 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
31.3/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Entergy Mississippi, Inc. 1M BD 66Utilities

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
Manufacturing39%
Construction29%
Retail trade10%
Admin & support9%
Other services8%
Food & accommodation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
15,393
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration6
International migration+154
Natural change+247

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$731.4M
2019
$600.2M
2020
$668.4M
2021
$739.7M
2022
$754.5M
2023
$772.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$203.9k±$29.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
14.2%±3.2%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
71.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 94Drought 90Wildfire 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
179
2016
196
2017
199
2018
221
2019
224
2020
251
2021
265
2022
284
2023
278
2024
296
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-100% since 2021
2
2021
4
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
82.2 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
5.6 km
CPKC
Nearest port
32.6 km
FORMAT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.0 km
VICTORIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$54.4k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Jackson?

Jackson's economy produced $772.1M in 2024, growing 2.3% year over yearslower than 68% of 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.