County profile
Rockwall County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#532 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
35,020
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,986
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
140,738
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$128.0k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
44.5%±2.1%
Poverty rate
4.0%±0.7%
Business applications
2,533 · 2025
Retail establishments
321
23.5/10k 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 care23%
Food & accommodation22%
Manufacturing11%
Construction10%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
140,738
residents · 2025 · +28.9% since 2020
Income per capita $78.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+27,790
International migration+1,075
Natural change+2,712
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.7B2019
$4.6B2020
$5.3B2021
$6.9B2022
$7.4B2023
$7.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$415.5k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$2.0k/mo±$97/mo
Vacancy rate
5.4%±1.0%
Affordability
7.6× wages
Residential permits
$497.8M
1,591 units · 11.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 94Hail 93Heat wave 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3162016
3472017
3732018
3842019
3942020
4522021
5582022
5722023
5782024
5732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -53% since 20213,3922021
2,5192022
1,9382023
1,8102024
1,5912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.6 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
DGNO
Nearest port
267.2 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
41.9 km
DALLAS LOVE FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.9k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rockwall?
Rockwall's economy produced $7.9B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most 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.