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Lamar

United States · GDP 2024
#879 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.6B
GDP growth
+2.9%
Jobs tracked
19,764
Employers
1,278
Avg. wage
$52.7k
Population
51,503
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$4.4k
Business applications
626 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$2.8B
2019
$2.6B
2020
$2.9B
2021
$3.2B
2022
$3.5B
2023
$3.6B
2024

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
48 (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
283
2016
300
2017
313
2018
331
2019
350
2020
400
2021
475
2022
531
2023
540
2024
566
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Warren$3.6BKenai Peninsula Borough$3.6BJackson$3.6BMarion$3.6BMarquette$3.6BJones$3.6B
The read

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.
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