County profile
Polk County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1343 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,640
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
859
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
53,434
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$62.3k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
16.2%±1.9%
Poverty rate
17.5%±2.3%
Business applications
679 · 2025
Retail establishments
145
27.1/10k 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 trade25%
Health care22%
Manufacturing22%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction8%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
53,434
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $52.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,493
International migration+96
Natural change−1,706
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$184.8k±$17.4k
Median gross rent
$987/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
26.3%±2.2%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$190.3M
661 units · 12.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 93Hurricane 90Strong wind 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1792016
1842017
1882018
1912019
2022020
2252021
2592022
2602023
2692024
2672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 20219602021
9872022
9312023
7552024
6612025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
64.6 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
5.0 km
UP
Nearest port
97.4 km
COOKS LAKE
Nearest commercial airport
102.4 km
GEORGE BUSH INTCNTL/HOUSTON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Polk?
Polk's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.