Economic Trends

Total Workforce

  May '10 May '09 % Chg
Killeen 49,476
46,874 5.55%
Killeen MSA 167,767 160,239 4.70%
Texas 12,162,174 11,872,448
2.44%
United States 153,866,000 154,336,000 -0.30%

Employment

  May '09 May '08 % Chg
Killeen 45,520
43,810 3.90%
Killeen MSA 155,532 149,690 3.90%
Texas 11,186,911 10,004,314 1.66%
United States 139,497,000 140,363,000 -0.62%

Unemployment

  May '09 May '08 % Chg
Killeen 8.00%
6.54% -1.46%
Killeen MSA 7.29% 6.58% -0.71%
Texas 8.02% 7.31% -0.71%
United States 9.34% 9.05% -0.29%

12 Months Unemployment

 
 

Population

  2000 Base
1/2009 Estimate
% Chg
Killeen 86,911 112,998 30.0%
Belton 14,623 16,953 15.9%
Copperas Cove 29,592 32,365 9.4%
Gatesville 15,591 16,223 4.1%
Harker Heights 17,308 25,160 45.4%
Lampasas 6,786 8,031 18.3%
Nolanville 2,150 3,015 40.2%
Temple 54,514 59,796 9.7%
       
Bell County 237,974 277,743 16.7%
Coryell County 74,978 76,757 2.4%
Lampasas County 17,762 21,062 18.6%
       
Killeen-Fort Hood MSA 330,714 375,556 13.5%
Texas 20,851,820 24,105,417 15.6%

Killeen MSA Population Projection

2000 2010 2010 2015 2020
330,714 361,279 391,281 420,350 448,189
         
2025 2030 2035 2040
476,453 504,295 530,294 553,624

 

 

12 Months Home Sales

  Sales
Median Price
     
February 2010 175 $115,000
January 2010 165 $113,400
December 2009 196 $112,300
November 2009 261 $124,000
October 2009 226 $120,000
September 2009 213 $115,000
August 2009 262 $127,100
July 2009 257 $124,800
June 2009 237 $116,800
May 2009 220 $119,600
April 2009 220 $113,900

Homes Sales 2007-2009

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Building Permits

  Value
Number
2010 YTD $43,245,654 1,859
2009 $210,267,727 15,401
2008 $263,582,235 19,597
2007 $229,823,247 20,922
2006 $315,818,349 21,493
2005 $257,684,913 18,264
2004 $211,245,733 16,726
2003 $208,139,868 13,919
2002 $213,652,321 15,770
2001 $191,121,933 13,852
 

Gross Retail Sales

  3Q 2009
3Q 2008
%Change
Killeen $507.82M
$516.01M
 -1.59%
Harker Heights $115.03M
$107.66M
 6.84%
Killeen MSA $2.82B
$2.98B
 -5.31%

Gross Retail Receipts

  Apr 2010
Apr 2009
%Change
Killeen $1,463,073
$1,317,560  11.04%
Harker Heights $422,484
$400,827
 5.40%
Bell County $1,157,447
$1,167,462
 -0.86%