County profile
Runnels County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2493 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$432.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,181
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
218
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,693
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$62.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
19.1%±3.4%
Poverty rate
11.0%±2.8%
Business applications
89 · 2025
Retail establishments
36
36.9/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care25%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,693
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $57.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−25
International migration+7
Natural change−209
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$316.5M2019
$298.8M2020
$348.9M2021
$458.8M2022
$421.8M2023
$432.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$109.3k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$847/mo±$146/mo
Vacancy rate
23.7%±3.8%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
4 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 85Hail 83Strong wind 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1492016
1532017
1562018
1732019
1712020
1932021
2192022
2342023
2682024
2292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -33% since 202162021
72022
92023
22024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
70.0 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
10.3 km
TXPF
Nearest port
443.9 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
70.2 km
ABILENE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Runnels?
Runnels's economy produced $432.0M in 2024, growing 2.4% year over year — slower than 68% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.