County profile
Kerr County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#936 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,330
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,581
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
54,037
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$69.4k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
31.3%±2.2%
Poverty rate
11.4%±1.7%
Business applications
627 · 2025
Retail establishments
219
40.5/10k 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 care28%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction14%
Other services8%
Manufacturing7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
54,037
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $73.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,758
International migration+419
Natural change−1,858
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.5B2021
$2.8B2022
$3.0B2023
$3.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$321.2k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$78/mo
Vacancy rate
11.8%±2.1%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$42.7M
179 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 89Winter weather 88Wildfire 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3942016
4362017
4672018
4942019
5072020
5782021
6962022
7342023
7632024
7692025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 83% since 2021982021
1652022
2332023
4062024
1792025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.1 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
69.5 km
UP
Nearest port
269.9 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
103.3 km
SAN ANTONIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.3k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kerr?
Kerr's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most 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.