County profile
Live Oak County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1022 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,589
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
259
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,929
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$57.1k±$13.8k
Bachelor's degree+
15.9%±3.0%
Poverty rate
17.1%±4.1%
Business applications
119 · 2025
Retail establishments
38
32.0/10k 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 trade22%
Transportation18%
Mining & energy17%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation16%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,929
residents · 2025 · +5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $50.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+526
International migration+272
Natural change−231
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$865.4M2020
$1.6B2021
$3.0B2022
$2.8B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.2k±$16.5k
Median gross rent
$924/mo±$101/mo
Vacancy rate
27.3%±3.5%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.3M
9 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 81Hurricane 79Drought 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1772016
1862017
1892018
1952019
2032020
2172021
2492022
2542023
2862024
3282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
62022
122023
92024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.5 km
I-37
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
UP
Nearest port
81.5 km
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY
Nearest commercial airport
88.7 km
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.2k
avg. annual pay · +5% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Live Oak?
Live Oak's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 0.4% year over year — slower than 78% of 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.