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Lancaster

United States · GDP 2024
#694 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.3B
GDP growth
+10.8%
Jobs tracked
26,805
Employers
1,769
Avg. wage
$60.6k
Population
114,296
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$78.9k±$5.4k
Business applications
1,551 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Management24%
Retail trade20%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing14%
Finance & insurance9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
114,296
residents · 2025 · +18.3% since 2020
Income per capita $61.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+15,669
International migration+1,833
Natural change+145

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.0B
2019
$3.6B
2020
$3.7B
2021
$4.3B
2022
$4.7B
2023
$5.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$329.9k±$12.6k
Median gross rent
$959/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±1.4%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
1,110 (9.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
79.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 93Strong wind 90Tornado 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
226
2016
243
2017
262
2018
276
2019
285
2020
329
2021
413
2022
433
2023
453
2024
460
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.6 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
LC
Nearest port
195.2 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
62.5 km
CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$60.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Wood$5.3BOconee$5.2BPrince George + Hopewell$5.2BSutter$5.2BPutnam$5.3BWard$5.3B
The read

Lancaster's economy produced $5.3B in 2024, growing 10.8% year over year — faster than 93% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is management.

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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