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Lancaster

United States · GDP 2024
#150 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$40.0B
GDP growth
+5.1%
Jobs tracked
249,379
Employers
13,776
Avg. wage
$57.9k
Population
563,159
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$87.0k±$1.3k
Business applications
5,808 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Industrials$1.6B84B+2Donegal Group Inc.Financial Services$978.0M71B3Armstrong Flooring, Inc.Basic Materials$649.9M——4Fulton Financial CorporationFinancial Services$276.8M60C5Burnham Holdings, Inc. PFD 6%Basic Materials$258.1M58C6Burnham Holdings, Inc.Industrials$258.1M51D7ENB Financial CorpFinancial Services———

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 care25%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade19%
Construction13%
Food & accommodation11%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
563,159
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $68.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,870
International migration+6,815
Natural change+6,369

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$30.9B
2019
$30.2B
2020
$33.2B
2021
$36.8B
2022
$38.0B
2023
$40.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$301.1k±$4.2k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
3.0%±0.4%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
1,296 (2.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
95.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 99Lightning 96Hurricane 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
555
2016
578
2017
610
2018
634
2019
659
2020
734
2021
850
2022
935
2023
996
2024
1046
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

21 filings from 4 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KDonegal Group Inc.07-07
8-KDonegal Group Inc.06-17
8-KArmstrong World Industries, Inc.06-17
8-KFulton Financial Corporation05-28
10-QENB Financial Corp05-15
8-KArmstrong World Industries, Inc.05-11
10-QFulton Financial Corporation05-08
10-QDonegal Group Inc.05-07
8-KENB Financial Corp05-06
8-KFulton Financial Corporation05-05
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Spokane$40.0BMontgomery$40.1BSummit$40.3BSt. Louis (Independent City)$40.4BSonoma$39.4BBoulder$39.3B
The read

Lancaster's economy produced $40.0B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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