County profile
Lamar County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#879 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,764
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,278
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
51,503
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.6%±2.0%
Poverty rate
19.0%±2.3%
Business applications
626 · 2025
Retail establishments
215
41.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
Manufacturing31%
Health care24%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation12%
Admin & support9%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,503
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,398
International migration+226
Natural change−251
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.8B2019
$2.6B2020
$2.9B2021
$3.2B2022
$3.5B2023
$3.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$200.7k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$949/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
12.3%±2.0%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$10.9M
48 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 98Tornado 96Hail 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2832016
3002017
3132018
3312019
3502020
4002021
4752022
5312023
5402024
5662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 2021812021
912022
872023
1172024
482025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
57.9 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
KRR
Nearest port
185.1 km
PORT CARL ALBERT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
147.0 km
TYLER POUNDS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lamar?
Lamar's economy produced $3.6B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% of 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.