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Lancaster

United States · GDP 2024
#203 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$28.8B
GDP growth
+6.2%
Jobs tracked
157,274
Employers
8,999
Avg. wage
$57.1k
Population
334,049
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$74.8k±$1.7k
Business applications
3,992 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1National Research CorporationHealthcare$137.4M75B+2Universal Mfg. Co.Consumer Cyclical$32.4M——3Nelnet, Inc.Financial Services$066B

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 care26%
Retail trade18%
Finance & insurance18%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
334,049
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $68.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,757
International migration+7,364
Natural change+5,292

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$20.5B
2019
$20.9B
2020
$22.5B
2021
$25.3B
2022
$27.1B
2023
$28.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$275.2k±$3.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
4.4%±0.5%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
2,346 (7.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 99Hail 99Tornado 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
447
2016
478
2017
506
2018
528
2019
544
2020
605
2021
692
2022
751
2023
784
2024
812
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.1 km
I-180
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
72.0 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
9.6 km
LINCOLN
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

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

8-KNational Research Corporation06-29
8-KNelnet, Inc.05-18
DEF 14ANational Research Corporation05-08
10-QNelnet, Inc.05-07
8-KNelnet, Inc.05-07
10-QNational Research Corporation05-06
8-KNelnet, Inc.04-30
8-KNational Research Corporation04-28
8-KNational Research Corporation04-28
8-KNational Research Corporation04-20
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fayette$28.9BDauphin$28.9BPassaic$29.1BAllen$29.1BLarimer$28.5BChatham$28.5B
The read

Lancaster's economy produced $28.8B in 2024, growing 6.2% 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.
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