County profile
Menard County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#3084 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$61.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
209
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
44
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$32.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,956
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$53.0k±$19.0k
Bachelor's degree+
24.0%±8.3%
Poverty rate
18.9%±9.1%
Business applications
33 · 2025
Retail establishments
10
52.1/10k 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 trade48%
Food & accommodation18%
Finance & insurance13%
Construction13%
Other services5%
Professional services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,956
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+98
International migration+4
Natural change−104
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$50.4M2019
$53.5M2020
$57.3M2021
$57.8M2022
$67.2M2023
$61.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$108.5k±$23.3k
Median gross rent
$729/mo±$186/mo
Vacancy rate
31.9%±6.6%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
3.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 61Wildfire 60Hurricane 36
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
53.0 km
CTXR
Nearest port
360.1 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
82.8 km
SAN ANGELO RGNL/MATHIS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$32.6k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Menard?
Menard's economy produced $61.7M in 2024, contracting 8.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.