County profile
Wheeler County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2552 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$394.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-16.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,087
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
173
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,773
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$60.2k±$10.9k
Bachelor's degree+
17.0%±4.1%
Poverty rate
15.4%±4.1%
Business applications
53 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
62.2/10k 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 care27%
Food & accommodation25%
Retail trade24%
Mining & energy12%
Other services7%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,773
residents · 2025 · -4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−155
International migration+82
Natural change−133
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$482.1M2019
$330.3M2020
$528.7M2021
$618.2M2022
$469.8M2023
$394.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$106.1k±$15.7k
Median gross rent
$970/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
26.0%±3.7%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Wildfire 94Ice storm 80
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.1 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
42.0 km
FMRC
Nearest port
419.1 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
131.9 km
RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.9k
avg. annual pay · -7% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wheeler?
Wheeler's economy produced $394.2M in 2024, contracting 16.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.