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Lee

United States · GDP 2024
#2398 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$507.3M
GDP growth
+5.3%
Jobs tracked
2,246
Employers
212
Avg. wage
$46.9k
Population
15,730
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$44.8k±$5.5k
Business applications
262 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Retail trade25%
Other services19%
Health care18%
Manufacturing15%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,730
residents · 2025 · -5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $46.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−612
International migration+328
Natural change−545

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$360.7M
2019
$364.0M
2020
$406.1M
2021
$479.7M
2022
$481.6M
2023
$507.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$104.6k±$13.2k
Median gross rent
$823/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
16.5%±2.9%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
22 (1.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
36.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$902/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 85Earthquake 72Tornado 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
137
2016
130
2017
145
2018
154
2019
150
2020
167
2021
183
2022
206
2023
204
2024
229
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.1 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
SCRF
Nearest port
125.6 km
MITTAL STEEL USA, GEORGETOWN
Nearest commercial airport
49.0 km
FLORENCE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Conecuh$507.2MJackson$507.8MMeigs$506.8MBacon$508.2MCalhoun$506.1MFranklin$505.9M
The read

Lee's economy produced $507.3M in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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