County profile
Lee County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1181 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,101
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
786
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,306
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$62.4k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
21.7%±2.0%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.7%
Business applications
248 · 2025
Retail establishments
107
32.9/10k 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
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
$1.8B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.3B2024
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
$9.3M
80 units · 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
2292016
2262017
2252018
2272019
2392020
2622021
2942022
2982023
3122024
3352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 627% since 2021112021
52022
182023
542024
802025
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
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What is the GDP of Lee?
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.