County profile
Lewis County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#1431 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,984
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
506
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,479
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±1.6%
Poverty rate
12.3%±1.4%
Business applications
216 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
26.4/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care24%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation13%
Other services7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,479
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−107
International migration+40
Natural change−28
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.1k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$837/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
29.0%±1.6%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$30.9M
133 units · 5.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 74Winter weather 69Landslide 53
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1602015
1702016
1662017
1682018
1762019
1782020
1892021
2062022
2642024
2782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 80% since 2021742021
1162022
1252023
1142024
1332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
43.0 km
I-781
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
MHWA
Nearest port
72.1 km
UNCLE SAM BOAT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
51.1 km
WATERTOWN INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.7k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Lewis?
Lewis's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 8.0% year over year — faster than most 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.