County profile
Palo Pinto County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1641 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,372
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
644
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,791
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$67.7k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
17.8%±2.1%
Poverty rate
16.7%±2.5%
Business applications
410 · 2025
Retail establishments
93
30.7/10k 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
Food & accommodation26%
Retail trade22%
Health care19%
Manufacturing16%
Construction8%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,791
residents · 2025 · +8.2% since 2020
Income per capita $56.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,439
International migration+160
Natural change−300
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.0k±$21.8k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
26.1%±1.7%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$6.5M
22 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 91Wildfire 90Landslide 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2582016
2672017
2892018
3162019
3292020
3842021
4822022
5052023
5122024
5282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 69% since 2021132021
542022
162023
242024
222025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.0 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
18.8 km
UP
Nearest port
415.1 km
PORT CARL ALBERT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
89.1 km
FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +4% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Palo Pinto?
Palo Pinto's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 2.0% year over year — slower than 71% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.