County profile
Matagorda County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1001 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,870
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
707
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$65.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,463
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$58.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
22.2%±2.6%
Poverty rate
20.7%±3.5%
Business applications
382 · 2025
Retail establishments
131
36.2/10k 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 trade23%
Manufacturing19%
Health care18%
Utilities18%
Food & accommodation16%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,463
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $55.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−773
International migration+758
Natural change+159
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.7B2021
$2.9B2022
$3.0B2023
$2.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$172.9k±$18.5k
Median gross rent
$999/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
19.0%±2.3%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$64.3M
300 units · 8.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 96Drought 90Heat wave 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1682016
1692017
1802018
1852019
1842020
2012021
2282022
2412023
2572024
2612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 20215062021
2252022
1542023
1532024
3002025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
81.0 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
4.2 km
CELANESE CHEMICALS, COLORADO RIVER DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
62.4 km
TEXAS GULF COAST RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$65.6k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Matagorda?
Matagorda's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, contracting 3.9% year over year — slower than 89% 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.