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Lawrence

United States · GDP 2024
#1352 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
GDP growth
+2.8%
Jobs tracked
11,109
Employers
1,248
Avg. wage
$49.5k
Population
29,459
Labor & formation
Unemployment
1.7%
Median HH income
$73.4k±$4.4k
Business applications
448 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Dakota Gold Corp.Basic Materials———

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
Food & accommodation37%
Retail trade20%
Health care19%
Construction10%
Arts & recreation8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,459
residents · 2025 · +14.0% since 2020
Income per capita $78.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,700
International migration+229
Natural change−412

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B
2019
$1.2B
2020
$1.4B
2021
$1.6B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$346.5k±$17.0k
Median gross rent
$938/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
18.8%±2.5%
Affordability
7.0× wages
Residential permits
232 (7.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
49.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 93Winter weather 89Hail 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
288
2016
300
2017
314
2018
330
2019
342
2020
395
2021
496
2022
529
2023
552
2024
575
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.0 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
6.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
635.3 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
68.1 km
RAPID CITY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

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

8-KDakota Gold Corp.06-01
10-QDakota Gold Corp.05-14
DEF 14ADakota Gold Corp.04-15
10-KDakota Gold Corp.03-25
8-KDakota Gold Corp.03-04
8-KDakota Gold Corp.03-02
8-KDakota Gold Corp.02-11
8-KDakota Gold Corp.11-21
10-QDakota Gold Corp.11-13
8-KDakota Gold Corp.11-13
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hardin$1.9BJim Wells$1.9BDuchesne$1.9BCarroll$1.8BLincoln$1.9BMiller$1.8B
The read

Lawrence's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 65% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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