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Lafayette

United States · GDP 2024
#1721 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
GDP growth
+2.6%
Jobs tracked
6,755
Employers
732
Avg. wage
$42.1k
Population
33,531
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$80.6k±$7.0k
Business applications
408 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing25%
Health care21%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction11%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,531
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+840
International migration+123
Natural change−488

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$866.9M
2019
$921.2M
2020
$1.0B
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.5k±$12.1k
Median gross rent
$928/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
11.6%±2.4%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
105 (3.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
52.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 88Heat wave 75Landslide 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
224
2016
242
2017
255
2018
268
2019
281
2020
318
2021
371
2022
401
2023
421
2024
451
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.1 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
CPKC
Nearest port
16.0 km
MFA LEXINGTON GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
70.0 km
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN/WHEELER FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Mille Lacs$1.2BManistee$1.2BWakulla$1.2BDunklin$1.2BHenry$1.2BSullivan$1.2B
The read

Lafayette's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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