County profile
Lawrence County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2359 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$538.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,950
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
207
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,765
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
8.2%
Median HH income
$46.8k±$5.3k
Bachelor's degree+
14.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
21.8%±4.2%
Business applications
152 · 2025
Retail establishments
51
32.2/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Health care25%
Management18%
Food & accommodation16%
Wholesale trade9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,765
residents · 2025 · -3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $44.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−22
International migration−3
Natural change−515
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$373.2M2019
$375.4M2020
$399.2M2021
$459.1M2022
$530.3M2023
$538.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$111.7k±$6.3k
Median gross rent
$760/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
16.6%±3.2%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
53.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$926/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Heat wave 78Wildfire 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1282016
1282017
1302018
1302019
1312020
1402021
1512022
1742023
1652024
1652025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.6 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
9.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
29.8 km
Redbud South
Nearest commercial airport
36.7 km
TRI-STATE/MILTON J FERGUSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lawrence?
Lawrence's economy produced $538.7M in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.