County profile
Liberty County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#918 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,678
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,206
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
121,364
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.5%
Median HH income
$68.7k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
11.9%±1.5%
Poverty rate
18.7%±2.8%
Business applications
1,622 · 2025
Retail establishments
205
17.6/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Construction21%
Food & accommodation17%
Admin & support16%
Health care14%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
121,364
residents · 2025 · +31.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+24,555
International migration+1,644
Natural change+2,693
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.2B2020
$2.5B2021
$2.9B2022
$3.1B2023
$3.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$181.7k±$12.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±2.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$194.4M
1,010 units · 8.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 97Tornado 94Hurricane 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2952016
3132017
3262018
3492019
3602020
3932021
4472022
4812023
4952024
4912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 20211,2342021
1,5582022
1,2972023
1,3212024
1,0102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.0 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
UP
Nearest port
43.4 km
ORION GROUP SOUTH YARD FACILITY
Nearest commercial airport
54.2 km
GEORGE BUSH INTCNTL/HOUSTON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.0k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Liberty?
Liberty's economy produced $3.3B in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.