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Smith

United States · GDP 2024
#303 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$16.7B
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
98,886
Employers
6,356
Avg. wage
$55.6k
Population
252,549
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$74.2k±$2.2k
Business applications
3,741 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Southside Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services———2Diversified Oil & Gas Holdings, Ltd.Energy———

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
Health care33%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing13%
Other services8%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
252,549
residents · 2025 · +7.8% since 2020
Income per capita $69.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+13,980
International migration+2,340
Natural change+1,845

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$12.0B
2019
$11.8B
2020
$13.2B
2021
$14.9B
2022
$16.0B
2023
$16.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$240.7k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
16.6%±1.1%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
543 (2.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
84.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 96Lightning 95Cold wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
383
2016
399
2017
422
2018
439
2019
459
2020
517
2021
620
2022
666
2023
667
2024
680
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KSouthside Bancshares, Inc.05-20
8-KSouthside Bancshares, Inc.04-30
10-QSouthside Bancshares, Inc.04-30
DEF 14ASouthside Bancshares, Inc.03-25
10-KSouthside Bancshares, Inc.02-27
8-KSouthside Bancshares, Inc.02-20
8-KSouthside Bancshares, Inc.01-29
8-KSouthside Bancshares, Inc.01-06
10-QSouthside Bancshares, Inc.10-28
8-KSouthside Bancshares, Inc.10-24
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$55.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Deschutes$16.7BSt. Lucie$16.7BSaratoga$16.6BMadison$16.6BBoone$16.8BEctor$16.5B
The read

Smith's economy produced $16.7B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.
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