County profile
Refugio County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2422 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$484.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,514
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
136
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,657
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$60.2k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
14.0%±2.8%
Poverty rate
14.6%±4.5%
Business applications
76 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
32.7/10k 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
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
$335.0M2019
$265.9M2020
$347.4M2021
$550.2M2022
$487.6M2023
$484.3M2024
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
$4.9M
17 units · 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
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 2021332021
152022
252023
142024
172025
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
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What is the GDP of Refugio?
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.