Places/TX/Travis County, TX
County profile

Travis County, TX

United States · GDP 2024
#16 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$202.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
736,608
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
42,837
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$91.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,389,670
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$99.6k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
56.6%±0.7%
Poverty rate
10.9%±0.6%
Business applications
48,974 · 2025
Retail establishments
3,898
28.4/10k pop
Industry mix · employment
Professional services22%
Food & accommodation19%
Health care18%
Retail trade15%
Information14%
Admin & support12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
1,389,670
residents · 2025 · +7.2% since 2020
Income per capita $98.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration26,238
International migration+73,598
Natural change+45,062

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$127.2B
2019
$132.4B
2020
$152.2B
2021
$176.1B
2022
$191.3B
2023
$202.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$523.0k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$13/mo
Vacancy rate
5.6%±0.3%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$2.8B
15,059 units · 10.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 100Hail 99Heat wave 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
883
2016
946
2017
1004
2018
1071
2019
1129
2020
1356
2021
1650
2022
1539
2023
1510
2024
1485
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-48% since 2021
29,052
2021
25,870
2022
23,148
2023
16,990
2024
15,059
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.4 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
UP
Nearest port
188.2 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
19.0 km
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$91.0k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Travis?

Travis's economy produced $202.7B in 2024, growing 5.9% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.

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.