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Laurens

United States · GDP 2024
#1000 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
GDP growth
+4.9%
Jobs tracked
17,683
Employers
985
Avg. wage
$49.7k
Population
71,848
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$57.6k±$3.0k
Business applications
901 · 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
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
$2.4B
2019
$2.4B
2020
$2.5B
2021
$2.6B
2022
$2.8B
2023
$2.9B
2024

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
869 (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
182
2016
187
2017
201
2018
211
2019
222
2020
243
2021
293
2022
313
2023
342
2024
358
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Duplin$2.9BClay$2.9BChatham$2.9BBedford$2.9BMatagorda$2.9BDes Moines$2.9B
The read

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.
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