County profile
Orange County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#657 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+14.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,068
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,333
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$61.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
86,266
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$72.1k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
17.7%±1.6%
Poverty rate
12.5%±1.6%
Business applications
929 · 2025
Retail establishments
260
30.2/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction15%
Health care10%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
86,266
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $54.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,341
International migration+486
Natural change−298
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.7B2019
$3.7B2020
$4.5B2021
$5.0B2022
$5.1B2023
$5.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.4k±$7.8k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
14.5%±1.4%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$51.3M
245 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 95Hurricane 95Wildfire 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4032016
4132017
4352018
4542019
4732020
5032021
5682022
5952023
6122024
6222025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 20212092021
1962022
3642023
2442024
2452025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.2 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
UP
Nearest port
0.7 km
Orange County Nav District, TX
Nearest commercial airport
22.4 km
JACK BROOKS RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,336,648 short tons/yr · Orange County Nav District, TX
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$61.2k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Orange?
Orange's economy produced $5.9B in 2024, growing 14.0% year over year — faster than 96% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.