County profile
Wilson County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1414 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,489
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
870
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
56,139
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$94.6k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
25.9%±2.0%
Poverty rate
11.3%±2.1%
Business applications
700 · 2025
Retail establishments
104
18.8/10k 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%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction12%
Mining & energy10%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
56,139
residents · 2025 · +12.2% since 2020
Income per capita $61.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,549
International migration+478
Natural change+29
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$321.3k±$14.8k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$107/mo
Vacancy rate
6.6%±1.5%
Affordability
6.5× wages
Residential permits
$36.8M
127 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 88Drought 88Tornado 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2502016
2612017
2712018
2852019
2942020
3302021
3892022
3982023
3972024
4242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20211492021
1072022
1722023
1342024
1272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.2 km
I-37
Nearest freight rail
20.9 km
UP
Nearest port
116.3 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
54.5 km
SAN ANTONIO INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wilson?
Wilson's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most 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.