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$3.7B61C5American 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 EDGARWage 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.