County profile
Walker County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#944 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,537
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,113
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
83,842
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$52.3k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
21.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
18.4%±2.4%
Business applications
816 · 2025
Retail establishments
180
21.6/10k 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 trade29%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care20%
Manufacturing13%
Construction8%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
83,842
residents · 2025 · +9.5% since 2020
Income per capita $36.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,340
International migration+979
Natural change−112
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B2019
$2.4B2020
$2.5B2021
$2.8B2022
$3.0B2023
$3.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$226.9k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
14.4%±2.2%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$109.3M
533 units · 6.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 92Drought 88Lightning 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2032016
2222017
2302018
2412019
2522020
2802021
3172022
3212023
3392024
3662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 20211,0642021
8152022
5032023
8292024
5332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.3 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
UP
Nearest port
99.5 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
77.5 km
EASTERWOOD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Walker?
Walker's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 6.6% year over year — faster than most 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.