County profile
Upton County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#555 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,381
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
107
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$84.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,131
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.2%
Median HH income
$49.2k±$22.1k
Bachelor's degree+
8.7%±4.4% · low reliability
Poverty rate
16.0%±5.4%
Business applications
33 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
41.8/10k 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
Mining & energy44%
Health care19%
Wholesale trade14%
Transportation7%
Retail trade7%
Utilities7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,131
residents · 2025 · -5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $96.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−177
International migration+12
Natural change−8
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.5B2019
$2.2B2020
$5.3B2021
$8.8B2022
$7.4B2023
$7.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$109.0k±$12.8k
Median gross rent
$720/mo±$340/mo
Vacancy rate
19.2%±4.1%
Affordability
1.3× wages
Residential permits
$302.6k
1 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
7.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 94Hail 48Wildfire 45
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202112021
12022
02023
12024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.3 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
19.0 km
TXPF
Nearest port
565.5 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
65.6 km
MIDLAND INTL AIR AND SPACE PORT
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$84.0k
avg. annual pay · +6% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Upton?
Upton's economy produced $7.6B in 2024, growing 2.4% year over year — slower than 68% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.