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Lafayette

United States · GDP 2024
#1897 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$931.9M
GDP growth
+3.6%
Jobs tracked
3,808
Employers
348
Avg. wage
$48.4k
Population
17,478
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.2%
Median HH income
$76.5k±$2.6k
Business applications
141 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$604.7M
2019
$620.3M
2020
$698.4M
2021
$801.4M
2022
$899.5M
2023
$931.9M
2024

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
46 (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
219
2016
239
2017
243
2018
253
2019
260
2020
283
2021
329
2022
342
2023
365
2024
400
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Louisa$930.4MLake$934.4MAshland$929.1MJohnson$934.9MZavala$935.0MCoffey$927.7M
The read

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.
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