County profile
Vermilion Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1305 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,362
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
969
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
57,671
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$55.7k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
17.6%±1.6%
Poverty rate
20.2%±2.3%
Business applications
741 · 2025
Retail establishments
169
29.3/10k 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 trade29%
Health care27%
Construction15%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing7%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
57,671
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $52.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+245
International migration+466
Natural change+25
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.3k±$10.8k
Median gross rent
$848/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
16.6%±1.8%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$54.3M
254 units · 4.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Hurricane 95Lightning 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2032016
2072017
2102018
2132019
2132020
2202021
2332022
2482023
2542024
2632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 20213572021
2202022
2642023
2282024
2542025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
43.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
22.4 km
LDRR
Nearest port
1.0 km
VERMILION SHELL & LIMESTONE, FORKED ISLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
47.4 km
ACADIANA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Vermilion?
Vermilion's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 10.3% year over year — faster than 92% 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.