County profile
Lawrence County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2199 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$661.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,737
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
247
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,790
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$55.3k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
14.9%±2.3%
Poverty rate
14.5%±3.4%
Business applications
124 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
24.0/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Health care20%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation13%
Mining & energy8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,790
residents · 2025 · -9.7% since 2020
Income per capita $43.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,297
International migration+31
Natural change−367
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$546.8M2019
$508.0M2020
$557.6M2021
$621.8M2022
$635.6M2023
$661.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$99.1k±$9.8k
Median gross rent
$836/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±2.4%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$11.6M
67 units · 4.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$946/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Earthquake 85Heat wave 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1732016
1812017
1752018
1872019
1852020
2052021
2182022
2222023
2512024
2722025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 2021642021
612022
582023
642024
672025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.3 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
83.7 km
ADM (Archer Daniels Midland Co.)
Nearest commercial airport
77.6 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lawrence?
Lawrence's economy produced $661.2M in 2024, growing 4.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.