Places/TX/Potter County, TX
County profile

Potter County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#398 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$11.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
61,818
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,489
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
114,453
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$53.2k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±1.3%
Poverty rate
20.8%±1.8%
Business applications
1,348 · 2025
Retail establishments
501
43.7/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Chancellor Group Inc.Energy$532Fermi Inc. Common StockUtilities

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 care32%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing15%
Finance & insurance8%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
114,453
residents · 2025 · -3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $59.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration7,415
International migration+2,826
Natural change+653

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$8.8B
2019
$9.1B
2020
$9.9B
2021
$10.5B
2022
$10.9B
2023
$11.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.3k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
13.8%±1.3%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$207.8M
865 units · 7.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
90.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 100Hail 100Tornado 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
418
2016
432
2017
450
2018
463
2019
469
2020
521
2021
598
2022
638
2023
643
2024
652
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
51% since 2021
574
2021
758
2022
564
2023
1,214
2024
865
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.1 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
562.7 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
26.5 km
RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$57.1k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Potter?

Potter's economy produced $11.4B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over yearabout 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.