County profile
Lyon County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1237 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,732
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
814
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,684
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$75.3k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
31.1%±2.5%
Poverty rate
12.2%±2.0%
Business applications
210 · 2025
Retail establishments
113
43.8/10k 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
Health care25%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade22%
Finance & insurance11%
Food & accommodation11%
Management8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,684
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $62.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−674
International migration+593
Natural change+306
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$200.7k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$781/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±1.8%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$8.4M
23 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 87Drought 76Cold wave 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2912016
2942017
3022018
3092019
3182020
3492021
3832022
4042023
4292024
4502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -72% since 2021812021
682022
322023
922024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
73.0 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
200.6 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
117.3 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lyon?
Lyon's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most 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.