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Refugio

United States · GDP 2024
#2422 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$484.3M
GDP growth
-0.7%
Jobs tracked
1,514
Employers
136
Avg. wage
$49.5k
Population
6,657
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$60.2k±$5.9k
Business applications
76 · 2025

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
Mining & energy25%
Retail trade22%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction11%
Real estate9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,657
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $59.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+123
International migration+7
Natural change−214

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$335.0M
2019
$265.9M
2020
$347.4M
2021
$550.2M
2022
$487.6M
2023
$484.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$99.0k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$795/mo±$244/mo
Vacancy rate
25.7%±4.0%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
17 (2.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
37.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 87Drought 84Cold wave 69

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.0 km
I-37
Nearest freight rail
6.8 km
UP
Nearest port
34.7 km
COPANO BAY AUSTIN BRIDGE CO
Nearest commercial airport
63.5 km
VICTORIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Atoka$484.7MVan Buren$483.8MCherry$484.9MWorth$485.0MDent$485.7MMoody$485.8M
The read

Refugio's economy produced $484.3M in 2024, contracting 0.7% year over year — slower than 82% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.

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.
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