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County profile

Lexington

United States · GDP 2024
#263 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.8B
GDP growth
+7.2%
Jobs tracked
117,298
Employers
7,391
Avg. wage
$53.3k
Population
317,588
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$77.4k±$1.7k
Business applications
4,846 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1First Community CorporationFinancial Services$922.0k50D

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 trade26%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing14%
Admin & support11%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
317,588
residents · 2025 · +7.7% since 2020
Income per capita $64.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+18,024
International migration+4,686
Natural change+19

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$13.8B
2019
$14.3B
2020
$15.3B
2021
$17.1B
2022
$18.4B
2023
$19.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$234.5k±$3.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±0.6%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
2,006 (6.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 98Ice storm 97Strong wind 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
337
2016
355
2017
370
2018
389
2019
401
2020
449
2021
534
2022
597
2023
618
2024
641
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.1 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
NS
Nearest port
150.8 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
14.7 km
COLUMBIA METRO
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

5 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KFirst Community Corporation05-29
8-KFirst Community Corporation05-21
10-QFirst Community Corporation05-15
8-KFirst Community Corporation05-07
8-KFirst Community Corporation04-22
DEF 14AFirst Community Corporation04-07
10-KFirst Community Corporation03-16
8-KFirst Community Corporation01-28
8-KFirst Community Corporation01-09
8-KFirst Community Corporation12-16
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.3k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lafayette$19.8BLubbock$19.8BMontgomery$19.9BSt. Joseph$19.5BAtlantic$19.4BWestmoreland$19.4B
The read

Lexington's economy produced $19.8B in 2024, growing 7.2% 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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