County profile
Newton County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2309 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$576.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
775
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
136
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,954
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.7%
Median HH income
$42.6k±$5.8k
Bachelor's degree+
6.8%±1.8%
Poverty rate
19.0%±4.1%
Business applications
120 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
29.2/10k 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 trade35%
Health care16%
Agriculture13%
Utilities13%
Wholesale trade13%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,954
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $47.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+150
International migration+0
Natural change−355
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$510.0M2019
$438.8M2020
$519.3M2021
$643.7M2022
$607.7M2023
$576.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$103.1k±$14.7k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$272/mo
Vacancy rate
25.4%±3.7%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
27.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 82Wildfire 75Lightning 68
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
68.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
7.3 km
TIBR
Nearest port
70.6 km
BUZZI UNICEM USA, ORANGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
86.1 km
CHENNAULT INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Newton?
Newton's economy produced $576.3M in 2024, contracting 5.2% 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.