County profile
Kleberg County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1477 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,342
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
545
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,315
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
23.2%±3.1%
Poverty rate
28.1%±4.3%
Business applications
271 · 2025
Retail establishments
84
27.7/10k 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 care29%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation25%
Transportation11%
Finance & insurance4%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,315
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,442
International migration+402
Natural change+363
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.3k±$13.2k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
15.4%±2.6%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$3.0M
18 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 98Hurricane 94Heat wave 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1912016
1932017
2062018
2112019
2202020
2482021
2662022
2892023
2772024
3192025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -59% since 2021442021
272022
272023
112024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.6 km
I-69E
Nearest freight rail
12.6 km
UP
Nearest port
37.9 km
BAFFIN BAY BROWN & ROOT
Nearest commercial airport
43.7 km
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kleberg?
Kleberg's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 5.8% 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.