County profile
Laurens County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1000 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,683
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
985
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
71,848
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$57.6k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.6%±1.5%
Poverty rate
18.1%±1.8%
Business applications
901 · 2025
Retail establishments
190
26.9/10k 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
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade13%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation9%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
71,848
residents · 2025 · +6.2% since 2020
Income per capita $46.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,035
International migration+450
Natural change−1,301
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B2019
$2.4B2020
$2.5B2021
$2.6B2022
$2.8B2023
$2.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.6k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$880/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
15.8%±1.5%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$168.3M
869 units · 12.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Ice storm 91Strong wind 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1822016
1872017
2012018
2112019
2222020
2432021
2932022
3132023
3422024
3582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 370% since 20211852021
3172022
4222023
6212024
8692025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.5 km
I-385
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
233.3 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
45.6 km
DONALDSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Laurens?
Laurens's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 4.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.