County profile
Willacy County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#2165 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$684.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,004
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
189
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,971
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.6%
Median HH income
$54.2k±$8.2k
Bachelor's degree+
14.0%±2.5%
Poverty rate
24.0%±5.0%
Business applications
130 · 2025
Retail establishments
36
17.9/10k 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 care39%
Admin & support28%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation11%
Information6%
Finance & insurance3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,971
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $37.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−284
International migration+34
Natural change+103
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$485.3M2019
$461.5M2020
$641.2M2021
$703.0M2022
$707.2M2023
$684.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$73.6k±$13.7k
Median gross rent
$809/mo±$107/mo
Vacancy rate
17.3%±2.6%
Affordability
1.7× wages
Residential permits
$9.5M
43 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 98Hurricane 92Drought 91
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 2021472021
682022
452023
362024
432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.1 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
12.5 km
UP
Nearest port
24.5 km
M-I DRILLING FLUIDS CO., PORT MANSFIELD WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
27.2 km
VALLEY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.2k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Willacy?
Willacy's economy produced $684.5M in 2024, contracting 3.2% year over year — slower than 88% of 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.