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Laurel

United States · GDP 2024
#988 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
GDP growth
+4.7%
Jobs tracked
23,992
Employers
1,272
Avg. wage
$46.2k
Population
63,746
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$7.8k
Business applications
740 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade19%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support14%
Transportation13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
63,746
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $44.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,595
International migration+81
Natural change−710

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B
2019
$2.3B
2020
$2.5B
2021
$2.6B
2022
$2.8B
2023
$3.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.5k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$813/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±1.7%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
21 (0.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
71.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$881/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 91Hail 91Wildfire 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
197
2016
202
2017
208
2018
214
2019
223
2020
250
2021
296
2022
303
2023
322
2024
334
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.4 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
4.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
86.4 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
111.8 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Christian$3.0BWinona$3.0BMadison$3.0BRoutt$3.0BWhiteside$3.0BDickson$3.0B
The read

Laurel's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 4.7% 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.
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