County profile
Lehigh County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#186 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$31.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
201,146
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
8,681
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$68.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
384,383
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$80.1k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
34.2%±0.9%
Poverty rate
11.6%±0.7%
Business applications
5,117 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,172
30.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Basic Materials$12.0B75B+2PPL CorporationUtilities$9.0B——3Shift4 Payments, Inc.Technology$4.2B63C4CrossAmerica Partners LPEnergy$3.7B62C5American Bank IncorporatedFinancial Services$59.9M60C6New Tripoli Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$15.8M——7American Energy Partners, Inc.Utilities———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 care37%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation9%
Admin & support9%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
384,383
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $66.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,398
International migration+12,588
Natural change+653
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$24.7B2019
$24.4B2020
$26.3B2021
$28.0B2022
$30.4B2023
$31.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$300.4k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
4.5%±0.4%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$127.4M
394 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Winter weather 99Heat wave 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3712016
3842017
4012018
4202019
4372020
4902021
5672022
6262023
6652024
7062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -62% since 20211,0242021
8532022
4612023
1,0622024
3942025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.3 km
I-476
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
NS
Nearest port
79.0 km
TRENTON MARINE TERM INC PAPER
Nearest commercial airport
13.5 km
LEHIGH VALLEY INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$68.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lehigh?
Lehigh's economy produced $31.7B in 2024, growing 4.4% 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.