County profile
Milam County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1882 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$951.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,663
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
452
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,258
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$66.1k±$6.8k
Bachelor's degree+
20.6%±2.4%
Poverty rate
12.9%±2.6%
Business applications
284 · 2025
Retail establishments
71
27.0/10k 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
Construction28%
Retail trade22%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services11%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,258
residents · 2025 · +6.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,618
International migration+99
Natural change−237
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$637.3M2019
$582.7M2020
$716.6M2021
$865.7M2022
$914.0M2023
$951.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.8k±$28.0k
Median gross rent
$984/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
12.8%±2.6%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$11.3M
73 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Lightning 84Tornado 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1642016
1762017
1922018
2052019
2142020
2462021
3182022
3282023
3372024
3362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 192% since 2021252021
362022
322023
982024
732025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.6 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
183.9 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
62.8 km
EASTERWOOD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Milam?
Milam's economy produced $951.1M in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.