County profile
Lucas County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#179 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$33.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
187,961
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
9,282
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
423,347
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$62.2k±$1.0k
Bachelor's degree+
29.4%±0.7%
Poverty rate
17.7%±0.7%
Business applications
6,102 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,333
31.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Owens CorningBasic Materials$10.1B68B2Welltower Inc.Real Estate$8.5B73B3Dana IncorporatedConsumer Cyclical$7.5B56C4The Andersons, Inc.Consumer Defensive$1.5B71B5Wellstar International, Inc.Healthcare$0——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 care30%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support11%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
423,347
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $60.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−9,172
International migration+3,038
Natural change−1,434
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$26.7B2019
$24.6B2020
$28.7B2021
$31.8B2022
$33.0B2023
$33.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.9k±$2.1k
Median gross rent
$934/mo±$12/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±0.4%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$103.9M
273 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
92.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 97Hail 96Ice storm 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2512016
2612017
2732018
2882019
2982020
3302021
3692022
3992023
4282024
4492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 20214602021
6712022
6152023
4132024
2732025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.0 km
I-475
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
NS
Nearest port
9.6 km
THE ANDERSONS-TOLEDO-EDWIN DRIVE ELEVATORS
Nearest commercial airport
13.2 km
EUGENE F KRANZ TOLEDO EXPRESS
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):11,209,284 short tons/yr · Toledo-Lucas County Port, OH
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR4 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lucas?
Lucas's economy produced $33.4B in 2024, growing 1.3% year over year — slower than 75% of 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.