County profile
Waller County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#637 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,058
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,082
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
69,858
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$80.4k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
27.9%±2.6%
Poverty rate
14.6%±2.1%
Business applications
1,023 · 2025
Retail establishments
96
14.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$6.1B59C2CW Petroleum CorpEnergy———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
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade20%
Transportation19%
Wholesale trade13%
Construction11%
Health care9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
69,858
residents · 2025 · +21.9% since 2020
Income per capita $55.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,116
International migration+1,571
Natural change+1,871
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.5B2019
$3.6B2020
$3.9B2021
$5.2B2022
$6.2B2023
$6.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$318.7k±$20.7k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±1.6%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$88.5M
339 units · 4.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 91Tornado 90Hurricane 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2312016
2442017
2612018
2752019
2842020
3122021
3612022
4202023
4172024
4352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 28% since 20212652021
2312022
3712023
4802024
3392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.3 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
6.7 km
UP
Nearest port
59.8 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
62.4 km
GEORGE BUSH INTCNTL/HOUSTON
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Waller?
Waller's economy produced $6.2B in 2024, contracting 0.4% year over year — slower than 81% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.