County profile
Lee County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1580 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+21.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,305
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
430
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,729
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$76.4k±$8.5k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±3.7%
Poverty rate
11.3%±3.4%
Business applications
232 · 2025
Retail establishments
56
30.3/10k 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
Construction37%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing15%
Mining & energy14%
Food & accommodation9%
Health care8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,729
residents · 2025 · +7.0% since 2020
Income per capita $62.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,146
International migration+23
Natural change+45
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$890.3M2020
$984.4M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$267.8k±$14.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$262/mo
Vacancy rate
12.5%±3.3%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$4.2M
15 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 86Drought 83Hurricane 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1662016
1892017
2052018
2222019
2202020
2512021
2932022
3142023
3262024
3432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 2021302021
372022
222023
202024
152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
68.6 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
9.0 km
UP
Nearest port
159.4 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
65.3 km
EASTERWOOD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.1k
avg. annual pay · +4% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lee?
Lee's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 21.7% year over year — faster than 98% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.