County profile
Upshur County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1725 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,986
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
577
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
44,410
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±2.1%
Poverty rate
12.4%±2.0%
Business applications
525 · 2025
Retail establishments
92
20.9/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation21%
Construction17%
Manufacturing16%
Health care13%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
44,410
residents · 2025 · +8.2% since 2020
Income per capita $48.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,589
International migration+165
Natural change−412
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$854.9M2019
$843.6M2020
$967.4M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$167.8k±$9.9k
Median gross rent
$995/mo±$88/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±1.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$6.8M
26 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 95Tornado 92Strong wind 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2132016
2102017
2252018
2292019
2432020
2702021
3142022
3602023
3732024
3942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 2021352021
22022
262023
402024
262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.5 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
UP
Nearest port
130.2 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
44.7 km
EAST TEXAS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Upshur?
Upshur's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 2.0% year over year — slower than 70% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.