County profile
Val Verde County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1109 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,850
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
786
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
47,835
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$66.1k±$5.3k
Bachelor's degree+
22.5%±2.5%
Poverty rate
16.6%±2.4%
Business applications
416 · 2025
Retail establishments
143
29.9/10k 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
Health care32%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation19%
Admin & support10%
Transportation8%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
47,835
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,807
International migration+630
Natural change+1,416
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.6k±$6.7k
Median gross rent
$994/mo±$84/mo
Vacancy rate
10.2%±2.1%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$17.1M
73 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 85Winter weather 84Hail 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2142016
2232017
2252018
2262019
2432020
2612021
3032022
3232023
3282024
3282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -53% since 20211552021
1432022
662023
852024
732025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
86.6 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
18.7 km
UP
Nearest port
420.3 km
PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC OIL (BARGE) DOCK NO. 10
Nearest commercial airport
61.6 km
DEL RIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Val Verde?
Val Verde's economy produced $2.5B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster 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.