County profile
San Patricio County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#850 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,655
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,131
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
72,053
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$69.7k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
14.8%±2.3%
Business applications
720 · 2025
Retail establishments
160
22.4/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade18%
Construction15%
Health care9%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
72,053
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $54.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,261
International migration+1,553
Natural change+428
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B2019
$3.4B2020
$3.5B2021
$3.7B2022
$4.0B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$192.4k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
16.8%±1.8%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$105.9M
432 units · 6.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 95Drought 94Cold wave 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4272016
4392017
4552018
4692019
4862020
5402021
5942022
6272023
6652024
6752025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 20216252021
3782022
3942023
4712024
4322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.0 km
I-37
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
UP
Nearest port
18.2 km
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY
Nearest commercial airport
26.3 km
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$63.2k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of San Patricio?
San Patricio's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, contracting 5.1% 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.