County profile
Lake County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#2426 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$481.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,399
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
187
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,187
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$62.8k±$11.5k
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±3.9%
Poverty rate
14.9%±4.3%
Business applications
85 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
31.8/10k 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
Health care35%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction7%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,187
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+226
International migration+40
Natural change−252
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$326.2M2019
$329.5M2020
$373.6M2021
$410.6M2022
$474.3M2023
$481.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.5k±$23.9k
Median gross rent
$878/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
17.8%±3.9%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$4.8M
12 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 89Winter weather 77Volcanic 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1962016
2182017
2202018
2492019
2592020
3002021
3432022
3502023
3902024
3822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 2021232021
212022
172023
202024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
197.2 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
64.8 km
GOOS
Nearest port
304.5 km
Coos Bay OR, Port of
Nearest commercial airport
131.3 km
CRATER LAKE/KLAMATH RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lake?
Lake's economy produced $481.1M in 2024, growing 1.4% year over year — slower than 74% 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.