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Lafayette

United States · GDP 2024
#2693 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$305.8M
GDP growth
+17.3%
Jobs tracked
687
Employers
112
Avg. wage
$44.8k
Population
8,792
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$62.8k±$7.0k
Business applications
92 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care29%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade13%
Other services10%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,792
residents · 2025 · +6.8% since 2020
Income per capita $38.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+558
International migration+131
Natural change−146

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$137.2M
2019
$152.5M
2020
$166.9M
2021
$222.5M
2022
$260.8M
2023
$305.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.2k±$19.4k
Median gross rent
$896/mo±$356/mo
Vacancy rate
21.4%±6.9%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
41 (4.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
15.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 84Wildfire 60Lightning 37
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.8k
avg. annual pay · +35% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Broadwater$306.5MTrousdale$305.1MJones$306.6MBreathitt$306.9MOkfuskee$304.2MLewis$308.3M
The read

Lafayette's economy produced $305.8M in 2024, growing 17.3% year over year — faster than 98% of 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.
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