Places/TX/Montague County, TX
County profile

Montague County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#2028 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$798.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,667
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
448
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,966
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$64.5k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
14.2%±2.4%
Business applications
270 · 2025
Retail establishments
67
30.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Mining & energy25%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care11%
Construction11%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
21,966
residents · 2025 · +9.6% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+2,479
International migration+43
Natural change631

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$712.3M
2019
$581.3M
2020
$746.7M
2021
$883.2M
2022
$806.9M
2023
$798.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$206.4k±$17.2k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$112/mo
Vacancy rate
17.5%±2.4%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$4.9M
20 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Wildfire 90Ice storm 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
164
2016
173
2017
183
2018
193
2019
207
2020
235
2021
291
2022
322
2023
342
2024
361
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-9% since 2021
22
2021
64
2022
6
2023
22
2024
20
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
52.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
16.0 km
UP
Nearest port
307.7 km
PORT CARL ALBERT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
79.0 km
SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Montague?

Montague's economy produced $798.4M in 2024, contracting 1.0% year over yearslower than 83% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.

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.