County profile
Lancaster County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#694 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
26,805
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,769
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
114,296
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$78.9k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
33.6%±2.0%
Poverty rate
11.4%±1.7%
Business applications
1,551 · 2025
Retail establishments
281
25.2/10k 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
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
$4.0B2019
$3.6B2020
$3.7B2021
$4.3B2022
$4.7B2023
$5.3B2024
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
$499.4M
1,110 units · 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
2262016
2432017
2622018
2762019
2852020
3292021
4132022
4332023
4532024
4602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 20211,4452021
1,0722022
6992023
9972024
1,1102025
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
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What is the GDP of Lancaster?
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.