County profile
Lee County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1762 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,476
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
440
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,179
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$89.2k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
34.1%±3.7%
Poverty rate
5.7%±1.5%
Business applications
537 · 2025
Retail establishments
61
17.9/10k 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 trade23%
Health care20%
Construction16%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support14%
Wholesale trade13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,179
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+654
International migration+218
Natural change+92
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$738.0M2019
$771.3M2020
$857.3M2021
$976.0M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$231.8k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$88/mo
Vacancy rate
5.6%±1.8%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
$11.4M
94 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 75Drought 67Tornado 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1492016
1542017
1572018
1612019
1682020
1862021
2122022
2262023
2482024
2582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -43% since 20211642021
1152022
1152023
1332024
942025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.7 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
NS
Nearest port
180.2 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
27.6 km
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lee?
Lee's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.