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County profile

Lake

United States · GDP 2024
#190 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$31.2B
GDP growth
+3.3%
Jobs tracked
171,790
Employers
10,566
Avg. wage
$59.0k
Population
504,612
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$71.5k±$1.4k
Business applications
6,991 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1NiSource IncUtilities$6.5B73B2AMB Financial Corp.Financial Services$23.4M53D3Finward BancorpFinancial Services———

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 trade19%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing17%
Construction9%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
504,612
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $58.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,839
International migration+3,499
Natural change−1,564

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$23.8B
2019
$22.0B
2020
$25.7B
2021
$28.3B
2022
$30.2B
2023
$31.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$230.6k±$2.9k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±0.4%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
1,262 (2.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
95.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Tornado 99Winter weather 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
441
2016
459
2017
486
2018
512
2019
531
2020
595
2021
680
2022
727
2023
760
2024
784
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

9 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KFinward Bancorp07-06
8-KFinward Bancorp06-03
8-KFinward Bancorp05-26
8-KNiSource Inc05-18
10-QFinward Bancorp05-13
8-KNiSource Inc05-12
8-KNiSource Inc05-06
10-QNiSource Inc05-06
8-KFinward Bancorp04-28
DEF 14AFinward Bancorp04-03
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Douglas$31.2BHidalgo$31.4BHamilton$31.6BOrleans$30.8BOcean$31.7BLehigh$31.7B
The read

Lake's economy produced $31.2B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 61% 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.
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