County profile
Lafayette County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1897 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$931.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,808
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
348
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,478
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$76.5k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±1.3%
Poverty rate
11.9%±1.7%
Business applications
141 · 2025
Retail establishments
39
22.5/10k 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
Manufacturing48%
Retail trade13%
Construction11%
Health care10%
Wholesale trade10%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,478
residents · 2025 · +5.2% since 2020
Income per capita $56.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−23
International migration+422
Natural change+463
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$604.7M2019
$620.3M2020
$698.4M2021
$801.4M2022
$899.5M2023
$931.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$194.5k±$8.8k
Median gross rent
$830/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
6.5%±1.1%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$15.6M
46 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 83Hail 82Landslide 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2192016
2392017
2432018
2532019
2602020
2832021
3292022
3422023
3652024
4002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 2021562021
372022
502023
552024
462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
82.0 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
17.6 km
CN
Nearest port
42.8 km
RENTECH NITROGEN LLC
Nearest commercial airport
55.3 km
DUBUQUE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.4k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lafayette?
Lafayette's economy produced $931.9M in 2024, growing 3.6% 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.