County profile
Lee County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#777 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+13.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
25,852
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,460
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
70,258
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$65.4k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
21.3%±1.8%
Poverty rate
16.5%±1.9%
Business applications
1,035 · 2025
Retail establishments
253
36.8/10k 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
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
$2.8B2019
$2.9B2020
$3.1B2021
$3.4B2022
$3.8B2023
$4.3B2024
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
$125.2M
674 units · 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
2032016
2112017
2292018
2442019
2542020
2822021
3502022
3962023
4052024
4302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 160% since 20212592021
3072022
5412023
6022024
6742025
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
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What is the GDP of Lee?
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.