County profile
Lawrence County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1370 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,033
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
909
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,568
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$66.5k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.4%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.2%±1.8%
Business applications
449 · 2025
Retail establishments
167
36.9/10k 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
Health care28%
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,568
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $57.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,445
International migration+70
Natural change−959
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.0k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$845/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
6.9%±1.5%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$18.8M
110 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 80Earthquake 76Tornado 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2442016
2552017
2682018
2862019
3022020
3442021
3862022
4152023
4422024
4612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 233% since 2021332021
252022
52023
102024
1102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.1 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
56.2 km
Southern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
35.8 km
MONROE COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lawrence?
Lawrence's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 1.8% year over year — slower than 72% 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.