County profile
Wise County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#779 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,150
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,604
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
83,778
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$93.4k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
22.2%±1.6%
Poverty rate
8.9%±1.6%
Business applications
1,266 · 2025
Retail establishments
190
23.4/10k 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 care22%
Retail trade20%
Mining & energy16%
Construction15%
Manufacturing15%
Food & accommodation12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
83,778
residents · 2025 · +21.5% since 2020
Income per capita $60.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+14,207
International migration+267
Natural change+335
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.1B2019
$2.8B2020
$3.4B2021
$4.4B2022
$4.4B2023
$4.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$304.9k±$12.8k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±1.6%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$113.4M
402 units · 4.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
59.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 94Hail 87Heat wave 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2262016
2472017
2712018
2872019
2992020
3412021
4112022
4322023
4442024
4472025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 205% since 20211322021
4412022
2292023
4632024
4022025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.2 km
I-35W
Nearest freight rail
6.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
335.2 km
PORT CARL ALBERT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
40.0 km
PEROT FLD/FORT WORTH ALLIANCE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wise?
Wise's economy produced $4.2B in 2024, contracting 4.4% year over year — slower than 90% 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.