County profile
Lafayette Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#262 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
132,799
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
8,844
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
257,949
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$67.5k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
35.3%±1.4%
Poverty rate
17.1%±1.3%
Business applications
5,306 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,092
42.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Viemed Healthcare, Inc.Healthcare$270.3M75B+2Waitr Holdings Inc.Consumer Cyclical$111.8M——3Oncologix Tech Inc.Healthcare$3.7M——4Gulf West Security Network, Inc.Industrials$10.0k——5Home Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———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 care33%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation18%
Professional services10%
Construction10%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
257,949
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $69.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,022
International migration+5,729
Natural change+4,998
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$14.9B2019
$14.4B2020
$15.9B2021
$17.4B2022
$18.9B2023
$19.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$242.9k±$4.8k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
10.1%±0.8%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$419.3M
1,612 units · 6.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
95.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 99Hurricane 98Cold wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4382016
4442017
4472018
4522019
4602020
4852021
5312022
5442023
5572024
5572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -32% since 20212,3712021
1,5392022
1,8412023
1,5922024
1,6122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.5 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
3.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
7.2 km
ACADIANA SHELL & LIMESTONE, LAFAYETTE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
7.2 km
LAFAYETTE RGNL/PAUL FOURNET FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR3 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lafayette?
Lafayette's economy produced $19.8B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.