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Lee

United States · GDP 2024
#1181 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
GDP growth
+1.9%
Jobs tracked
13,101
Employers
786
Avg. wage
$54.6k
Population
32,306
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$62.4k±$3.3k
Business applications
248 · 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
Manufacturing36%
Professional services18%
Retail trade16%
Health care13%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,306
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−603
International migration+132
Natural change−751

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.1B
2022
$2.2B
2023
$2.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$141.4k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$835/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
9.3%±1.3%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
80 (2.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
62.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$962/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 86Heat wave 85Drought 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
229
2016
226
2017
225
2018
227
2019
239
2020
262
2021
294
2022
298
2023
312
2024
335
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.1 km
I-172
Nearest freight rail
4.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
9.3 km
HYDRO MERSCHMAN, MONTROSE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
33.7 km
SOUTHEAST IOWA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fayette$2.3BUnion$2.3BMcClain$2.3BWalker$2.3BCatoosa$2.3BShenandoah$2.3B
The read

Lee's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 72% of 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.
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