County profile
Lincoln County, CO
United States · GDP 2024
#2406 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$501.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,351
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
153
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,645
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$62.9k±$10.6k
Bachelor's degree+
26.1%±4.3%
Poverty rate
9.8%±2.6%
Business applications
78 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
51.8/10k 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
Retail trade29%
Food & accommodation25%
Health care22%
Utilities9%
Construction9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,645
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $39.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+22
International migration+6
Natural change−37
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$376.4M2019
$392.3M2020
$444.1M2021
$497.3M2022
$526.0M2023
$501.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$246.5k±$25.2k
Median gross rent
$868/mo±$96/mo
Vacancy rate
17.3%±3.8%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$3.0M
10 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
7.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 67Drought 63Wildfire 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1592016
1752017
2012018
2112019
2202020
2402021
2652022
2852023
2972024
2972025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021102021
102022
82023
102024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
14.3 km
UP
Nearest port
681.1 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
104.6 km
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $501.0M in 2024, contracting 4.7% year over year — slower than 90% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.