County profile
Lincoln County, NM
United States · GDP 2024
#1937 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$894.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,538
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
695
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,844
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$53.3k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
32.2%±3.9%
Poverty rate
19.3%±3.4%
Business applications
288 · 2025
Retail establishments
134
66.9/10k 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
Food & accommodation31%
Retail trade30%
Health care14%
Arts & recreation12%
Construction7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,844
residents · 2025 · -2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+134
International migration+45
Natural change−648
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$694.7M2019
$742.4M2020
$727.6M2021
$786.8M2022
$922.9M2023
$894.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$233.2k±$22.9k
Median gross rent
$956/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
44.0%±2.9%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$54.6M
111 units · 5.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$999/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 99Winter weather 86Lightning 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2252016
2262017
2372018
2462019
2652020
3022021
3512022
4062023
4122024
4062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 22% since 2021912021
732022
832023
922024
1112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
132.8 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
32.6 km
UP
Nearest port
927.5 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
32.3 km
SIERRA BLANCA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $894.2M in 2024, contracting 3.1% year over year — slower than 88% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.