County profile
Lassen County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#1534 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,483
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
394
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,117
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$67.4k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
13.1%±1.4%
Poverty rate
14.0%±2.2%
Business applications
159 · 2025
Retail establishments
68
23.8/10k 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 care31%
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation20%
Professional services11%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,117
residents · 2025 · -13.1% since 2020
Income per capita $48.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,528
International migration+224
Natural change−111
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$265.3k±$12.0k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$100/mo
Vacancy rate
24.4%±2.4%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$5.2M
17 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 97Earthquake 90Volcanic 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2672016
2852017
3002018
3132019
3232020
3472021
3752022
3802023
3752024
4022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 55% since 2021112021
142022
172023
62024
172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
138.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
14.0 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
245.3 km
CITY OF SACRAMENTO, L STREET LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
144.7 km
REDDING RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.5k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lassen?
Lassen's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 5.5% 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.