County profile
Lee County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#468 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
51,454
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,377
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
189,881
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$65.8k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
42.4%±1.5%
Poverty rate
18.9%±1.2%
Business applications
2,307 · 2025
Retail establishments
533
28.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc.Financial Services$619.0k45DHQ-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
Food & accommodation22%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing20%
Health care19%
Admin & support11%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
189,881
residents · 2025 · +8.6% since 2020
Income per capita $50.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,758
International migration+4,559
Natural change+2,623
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.6B2019
$6.7B2020
$7.4B2021
$8.0B2022
$8.9B2023
$9.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$262.2k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
12.8%±1.1%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$451.9M
1,575 units · 8.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 92Lightning 91Hurricane 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3582016
3762017
3952018
4152019
4272020
4702021
5352022
5922023
6132024
6422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20211,8512021
2,1922022
1,4032023
1,8772024
1,5752025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.8 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
NS
Nearest port
143.5 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
40.1 km
COLUMBUS
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lee?
Lee's economy produced $9.3B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.