County profile
Lake County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#1058 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,063
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,089
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
67,772
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.6%
Median HH income
$60.6k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
17.8%±1.5%
Poverty rate
17.0%±1.6%
Business applications
526 · 2025
Retail establishments
156
23.0/10k 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 care33%
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction9%
Other services6%
Manufacturing4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
67,772
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $52.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+693
International migration+491
Natural change−1,544
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$324.3k±$13.8k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
21.7%±1.8%
Affordability
6.4× wages
Residential permits
$15.0M
85 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 99Landslide 99Earthquake 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3772016
4102017
4442018
4532019
4712020
5322021
5792022
5812023
5802024
5732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 2021812021
1512022
762023
1142024
852025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
51.0 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
32.6 km
NWP
Nearest port
113.1 km
NAPA VALLEY MARINA
Nearest commercial airport
65.9 km
CHARLES M SCHULZ/SONOMA COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.7k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lake?
Lake's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 8.5% year over year — faster than most 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.