County profile
Lavaca County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1503 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,202
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
489
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,651
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$63.2k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
22.2%±2.5%
Poverty rate
11.5%±1.9%
Business applications
216 · 2025
Retail establishments
87
42.4/10k 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%
Manufacturing27%
Retail trade19%
Other services8%
Construction8%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,651
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $72.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+483
International migration+41
Natural change−210
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$957.0M2020
$1.2B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$228.3k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$910/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
19.4%±2.5%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.3M
7 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 88Hurricane 85Lightning 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1762016
1812017
1972018
2092019
2092020
2332021
2602022
3002023
3072024
3322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -30% since 2021102021
112022
122023
122024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.1 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
23.1 km
UP
Nearest port
65.4 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
58.9 km
VICTORIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Lavaca?
Lavaca's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% of 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.