Places/TX/Parmer County, TX
County profile

Parmer County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#1564 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,265
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
213
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,678
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$69.7k±$9.4k
Bachelor's degree+
16.9%±3.2%
Poverty rate
10.2%±2.9%
Business applications
82 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
30.1/10k 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
Manufacturing76%
Retail trade6%
Transportation5%
Health care5%
Wholesale trade5%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
9,678
residents · 2025 · -1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $77.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration824
International migration+341
Natural change+295

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$927.6M
2019
$981.2M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$146.7k±$18.9k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±3.8%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
4 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 100Hail 87Winter weather 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20152025
156
2015
157
2016
158
2017
159
2018
158
2019
165
2020
199
2021
212
2022
248
2024
248
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-67% since 2021
12
2021
1
2022
3
2023
3
2024
4
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
75.3 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
666.4 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
29.2 km
CLOVIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$55.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Parmer?

Parmer's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 0.8% year over yearslower than 77% 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.