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Lee

United States · GDP 2024
#777 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
GDP growth
+13.2%
Jobs tracked
25,852
Employers
1,460
Avg. wage
$52.2k
Population
70,258
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$65.4k±$3.1k
Business applications
1,035 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing45%
Retail trade16%
Health care13%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction7%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
70,258
residents · 2025 · +10.8% since 2020
Income per capita $57.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,497
International migration+2,049
Natural change+201

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.8B
2019
$2.9B
2020
$3.1B
2021
$3.4B
2022
$3.8B
2023
$4.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$240.2k±$11.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±1.5%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
674 (9.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
67.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 85Tornado 81Ice storm 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
203
2016
211
2017
229
2018
244
2019
254
2020
282
2021
350
2022
396
2023
405
2024
430
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
43.5 km
I-295
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
ATW
Nearest port
133.3 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
56.7 km
RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
La Plata$4.3BFloyd$4.3BWise$4.2BColumbia$4.3BLivingston$4.2BLenawee$4.2B
The read

Lee's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 13.2% year over year — faster than 95% 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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