County profile
Lincoln County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#736 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
23,461
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,081
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
98,654
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$80.0k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
28.3%±2.0%
Poverty rate
11.2%±1.8%
Business applications
1,382 · 2025
Retail establishments
269
27.6/10k 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
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade23%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction11%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
98,654
residents · 2025 · +13.2% since 2020
Income per capita $64.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+10,993
International migration+818
Natural change−411
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.1B2020
$3.4B2021
$4.0B2022
$4.3B2023
$4.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$321.0k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±1.4%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$211.7M
785 units · 8.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 92Tornado 78Earthquake 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2502016
2662017
2772018
2982019
3092020
3512021
4272022
4592023
4882024
4952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 20211,0622021
8982022
6772023
6972024
7852025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.4 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
241.9 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
32.1 km
HICKORY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $4.7B in 2024, growing 9.8% year over year — faster than 90% 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.