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Laurens

United States · GDP 2024
#1053 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
GDP growth
+6.6%
Jobs tracked
15,684
Employers
1,106
Avg. wage
$49.6k
Population
51,041
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$55.0k±$5.1k
Business applications
802 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 care25%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,041
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $48.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,247
International migration+602
Natural change−375

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.3B
2022
$2.5B
2023
$2.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.5k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$863/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
15.7%±1.8%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
102 (2.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
50.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 85Heat wave 80Hurricane 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
169
2016
172
2017
184
2018
188
2019
189
2020
208
2021
246
2022
253
2023
264
2024
278
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.5 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
7.3 km
GC
Nearest port
169.5 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
72.8 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Callaway$2.7BMayes$2.7BFranklin$2.7BVernon$2.7BBristol$2.7BLake$2.7B
The read

Laurens's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 6.6% 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.
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