Places/FL/Lee County, FL
County profile

Lee County, FL

United States · GDP 2024
#110 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$54.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
264,855
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
22,756
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
875,607
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$76.1k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
31.2%±0.6%
Poverty rate
12.0%±0.6%
Business applications
21,601 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,620
30.4/10k pop
Industry mix · employment
Health care24%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction17%
Admin & support10%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
875,607
residents · 2025 · +14.4% since 2020
Income per capita $70.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+77,769
International migration+38,454
Natural change6,761

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$34.9B
2019
$35.8B
2020
$40.3B
2021
$46.4B
2022
$51.0B
2023
$54.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$362.2k±$3.2k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$17/mo
Vacancy rate
25.7%±0.5%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$3.8B
13,547 units · 15.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 100Lightning 100Coastal flooding 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
463
2016
495
2017
523
2018
542
2019
566
2020
674
2021
873
2022
924
2023
901
2024
841
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
1% since 2021
13,394
2021
13,621
2022
13,556
2023
15,411
2024
13,547
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
SGLR
Nearest port
44.5 km
FLA POWER AND LIGHT TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
9.6 km
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$59.8k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Lee?

Lee's economy produced $54.2B in 2024, growing 6.3% year over yearfaster 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.