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County profile

Wheeler

United States · GDP 2024
#2552 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$394.2M
GDP growth
-16.1%
Jobs tracked
1,087
Employers
173
Avg. wage
$43.9k
Population
4,773
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$60.2k±$10.9k
Business applications
53 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$482.1M
2019
$330.3M
2020
$528.7M
2021
$618.2M
2022
$469.8M
2023
$394.2M
2024

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 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
41.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Wildfire 94Ice storm 80

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fremont$394.1MValley$394.0MSabine$393.8MAmelia$394.7MDawes$394.8MClearwater$393.4M
The read

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.
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