County profile
Real County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#3052 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$104.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
641
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
89
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,745
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$39.6k±$34.5k · low reliability
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±9.0%
Poverty rate
17.9%±9.3% · low reliability
Business applications
32 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
54.3/10k 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
Other services30%
Food & accommodation27%
Retail trade16%
Health care13%
Professional services7%
Manufacturing7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,745
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $65.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+200
International migration+1
Natural change−204
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$78.9M2019
$84.4M2020
$94.9M2021
$93.7M2022
$102.4M2023
$104.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$112.5k±$67.5k · low reliability
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$492/mo
Vacancy rate
42.2%±4.9%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 72Hurricane 47Landslide 46
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
58.0 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
62.3 km
UP
Nearest port
299.4 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
118.4 km
DEL RIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.6k
avg. annual pay · +38% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Real?
Real's economy produced $104.7M in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is other services.
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.