County profile
Nueces County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#207 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$27.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
134,586
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
8,111
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
352,992
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$66.9k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
23.8%±0.9%
Poverty rate
17.4%±1.1%
Business applications
3,894 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,056
29.9/10k 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
Health care31%
Food & accommodation20%
Retail trade19%
Construction14%
Admin & support9%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
352,992
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−7,566
International migration+3,782
Natural change+3,020
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$21.0B2019
$18.6B2020
$22.2B2021
$26.9B2022
$26.8B2023
$27.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$208.8k±$4.1k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
15.1%±0.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$406.9M
1,496 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Hurricane 99Heat wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4512016
4612017
4752018
4892019
5112020
5762021
6562022
6822023
7022024
7042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 20211,9502021
1,5222022
1,4572023
1,6452024
1,4962025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.8 km
I-69E
Nearest freight rail
6.5 km
CPKC
Nearest port
15.6 km
PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC OIL (BARGE) DOCK NO. 10
Nearest commercial airport
11.8 km
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):189,775,751 short tons/yr · Corpus Christi, TX
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.3k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Nueces?
Nueces's economy produced $27.9B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.