County profile
Wharton County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1051 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,159
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
997
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,060
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$66.9k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.7%±2.2%
Poverty rate
13.6%±2.5%
Business applications
469 · 2025
Retail establishments
154
36.6/10k 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 trade30%
Manufacturing19%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade12%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,060
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $58.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+153
International migration+235
Natural change+96
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.7B2023
$2.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.9k±$12.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±2.0%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$34.0M
116 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 95Cold wave 93Drought 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2202016
2252017
2422018
2512019
2572020
2762021
3092022
3332023
3442024
3592025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -56% since 20212612021
1602022
1472023
1842024
1162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.8 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
CPKC
Nearest port
49.9 km
PORT OF BAY CITY, TERMINAL WHARVES
Nearest commercial airport
76.2 km
TEXAS GULF COAST RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wharton?
Wharton's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 0.5% year over year — slower than 78% 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.