County profile
Lawrence County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1202 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,062
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
774
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
55,710
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$58.3k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
18.5%±1.6%
Poverty rate
17.7%±2.2%
Business applications
462 · 2025
Retail establishments
144
25.7/10k 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
Health care31%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing12%
Construction11%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
55,710
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $54.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−385
International migration−33
Natural change−1,998
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$144.0k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$848/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±1.8%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
23 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
71.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 90Landslide 87Ice storm 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2452016
2432017
2422018
2482019
2622020
2762021
3142022
3222023
3572024
3552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 44% since 2021162021
102022
162023
182024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.6 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
14.8 km
NS
Nearest port
15.2 km
ERGON-IRONTON LLC
Nearest commercial airport
25.8 km
TRI-STATE/MILTON J FERGUSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.3k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lawrence?
Lawrence's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, contracting 7.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.