County profile
Leon County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1729 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,799
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
365
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,894
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$61.4k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±3.5%
Poverty rate
16.4%±3.3%
Business applications
251 · 2025
Retail establishments
58
34.6/10k 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
Construction40%
Manufacturing19%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade7%
Utilities6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,894
residents · 2025 · +7.1% since 2020
Income per capita $66.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,339
International migration+65
Natural change−282
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$703.4M2019
$649.9M2020
$852.5M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$186.4k±$16.0k
Median gross rent
$907/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
25.7%±3.7%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$888.6k
3 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Cold wave 90Hurricane 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1562016
1582017
1602018
1832019
1792020
2012021
2512022
2642023
2722024
2762025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.1 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
13.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
170.1 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
86.1 km
EASTERWOOD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.3k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Leon?
Leon's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 9.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.