County profile
Young County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1591 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,803
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
571
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,154
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$68.0k±$9.2k
Bachelor's degree+
24.0%±3.1%
Poverty rate
16.5%±3.8%
Business applications
233 · 2025
Retail establishments
68
37.1/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care20%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction11%
Mining & energy8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,154
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $70.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+492
International migration+291
Natural change−472
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$822.4M2019
$804.0M2020
$989.0M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.8k±$12.9k
Median gross rent
$862/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±2.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
26 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$998/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 92Wildfire 90Hail 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1762016
1642017
1792018
1872019
1872020
2182021
2662022
3062023
3082024
3172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 420% since 202152021
52022
52023
232024
262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
76.8 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
70.6 km
UP
Nearest port
412.7 km
PORT CARL ALBERT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
92.1 km
SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.2k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Young?
Young's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.