Places/TX/Johnson County, TX
County profile

Johnson County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#457 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
46,141
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,465
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
218,048
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$84.9k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.2%±1.2%
Poverty rate
10.0%±1.0%
Business applications
3,366 · 2025
Retail establishments
440
20.8/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Sadot Group Inc.Consumer Defensive$246.9M27D

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
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction14%
Health care13%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
218,048
residents · 2025 · +20.5% since 2020
Income per capita $56.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+32,107
International migration+2,074
Natural change+2,743

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$6.1B
2019
$6.0B
2020
$7.2B
2021
$8.5B
2022
$8.9B
2023
$9.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$285.9k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±0.9%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$623.0M
2,356 units · 10.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
86.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 98Wildfire 94Heat wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
419
2016
462
2017
499
2018
533
2019
553
2020
633
2021
774
2022
803
2023
827
2024
828
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
6% since 2021
2,218
2021
2,292
2022
2,527
2023
2,183
2024
2,356
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.9 km
I-35W
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
337.5 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
49.0 km
FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$55.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Johnson?

Johnson's economy produced $9.6B in 2024, growing 7.6% year over yearfaster 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.