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Lake

United States · GDP 2024
#1896 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$934.4M
GDP growth
+4.1%
Jobs tracked
3,907
Employers
339
Avg. wage
$54.1k
Population
10,993
Labor & formation
Unemployment
1.8%
Median HH income
$76.8k±$7.3k
Business applications
109 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Lake Area Corn Processors, LLCBasic Materials$280.4M——

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
Manufacturing34%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation16%
Retail trade15%
Wholesale trade8%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,993
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $103.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−74
International migration+54
Natural change+3

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$595.8M
2019
$609.5M
2020
$699.5M
2021
$804.4M
2022
$897.5M
2023
$934.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$247.6k±$21.4k
Median gross rent
$947/mo±$88/mo
Vacancy rate
18.6%±2.9%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
86 (7.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
32.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$970/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 83Ice storm 78Tornado 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
225
2016
233
2017
256
2018
265
2019
274
2020
306
2021
350
2022
398
2023
415
2024
437
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.6 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
186.3 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.9 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KLake Area Corn Processors, LLC10-22
DEF 14ALake Area Corn Processors, LLC08-28
10-QLake Area Corn Processors, LLC08-13
8-KLake Area Corn Processors, LLC06-28
8-KLake Area Corn Processors, LLC06-28
10-QLake Area Corn Processors, LLC05-14
8-KLake Area Corn Processors, LLC04-19
10-KLake Area Corn Processors, LLC03-07
10-QLake Area Corn Processors, LLC11-14
8-KLake Area Corn Processors, LLC10-04
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Johnson$934.9MZavala$935.0MLafayette$931.9MPerry$937.2MSublette$937.2MLouisa$930.4M
The read

Lake's economy produced $934.4M in 2024, growing 4.1% 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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