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Lafayette

United States · GDP 2024
#262 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.8B
GDP growth
+4.8%
Jobs tracked
132,799
Employers
8,844
Avg. wage
$56.4k
Population
257,949
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$67.5k±$2.7k
Business applications
5,306 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Viemed Healthcare, Inc.Healthcare$270.3M76B+2Waitr Holdings Inc.Consumer Cyclical$111.8M——3Oncologix Tech Inc.Financial Services$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
$14.9B
2019
$14.4B
2020
$15.9B
2021
$17.4B
2022
$18.9B
2023
$19.8B
2024

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
1,612 (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
438
2016
444
2017
447
2018
452
2019
460
2020
485
2021
531
2022
544
2023
557
2024
557
2025

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 EDGAR

11 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KHome Bancorp, Inc.07-06
8-KHome Bancorp, Inc.06-26
8-KViemed Healthcare, Inc.06-04
8-KViemed Healthcare, Inc.06-02
8-KHome Bancorp, Inc.05-22
8-KHome Bancorp, Inc.05-14
10-QHome Bancorp, Inc.05-06
8-KViemed Healthcare, Inc.05-05
10-QViemed Healthcare, Inc.05-05
DEF 14AViemed Healthcare, Inc.04-22
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lexington$19.8BLubbock$19.8BMontgomery$19.9BSt. Joseph$19.5BAtlantic$19.4BGenesee$20.2B
The read

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.
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