County profile
Rusk County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1026 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,458
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
833
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
54,854
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$68.7k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
17.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
14.4%±2.2%
Business applications
544 · 2025
Retail establishments
97
17.8/10k 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
Manufacturing24%
Health care17%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation15%
Mining & energy14%
Construction12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
54,854
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $48.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,940
International migration+240
Natural change−593
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.5B2019
$2.4B2020
$2.8B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.0B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.3k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
15.4%±1.8%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$2.7M
9 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 94Heat wave 84Ice storm 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2262016
2262017
2332018
2462019
2552020
2782021
3192022
3682023
3752024
3842025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -87% since 2021672021
82022
32023
32024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
36.0 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
6.3 km
HOB
Nearest port
110.4 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
31.1 km
EAST TEXAS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rusk?
Rusk's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, contracting 8.0% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.