Places/TX/Tarrant County, TX
County profile

Tarrant County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#23 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$178.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
882,289
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
47,656
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$69.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
2,248,466
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$84.2k±$832
Bachelor's degree+
34.8%±0.4%
Poverty rate
11.1%±0.4%
Business applications
39,814 · 2025
Retail establishments
6,370
28.6/10k pop
Industry mix · employment
Health care22%
Food & accommodation20%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing16%
Transportation12%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
2,248,466
residents · 2025 · +6.3% since 2020
Income per capita $69.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+3,854
International migration+70,441
Natural change+57,075

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$124.2B
2019
$120.6B
2020
$135.4B
2021
$152.1B
2022
$167.6B
2023
$178.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$323.9k±$2.3k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$11/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±0.3%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$3.5B
13,924 units · 6.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 100Tornado 100Heat wave 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
470
2016
519
2017
560
2018
588
2019
606
2020
691
2021
837
2022
863
2023
878
2024
882
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-23% since 2021
18,169
2021
18,198
2022
14,039
2023
18,858
2024
13,924
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.5 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
TRE
Nearest port
346.5 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
8.5 km
FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$69.5k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Tarrant?

Tarrant's economy produced $178.0B in 2024, growing 6.2% year over yearfaster than most 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.