County profile
Lafayette County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#2693 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$305.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+17.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
687
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
112
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,792
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$62.8k±$7.0k
Bachelor's degree+
9.9%±2.7%
Poverty rate
17.5%±5.9%
Business applications
92 · 2025
Retail establishments
16
18.3/10k 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 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
$137.2M2019
$152.5M2020
$166.9M2021
$222.5M2022
$260.8M2023
$305.8M2024
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
$3.4M
41 units · 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
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 14% since 2021362021
402022
392023
422024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
34.4 km
GFRR
Nearest port
100.0 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
89.1 km
VALDOSTA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.8k
avg. annual pay · +35% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Lafayette?
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.