County profile
Lincoln County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1395 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,854
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
686
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,403
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±1.5%
Poverty rate
10.6%±1.5%
Business applications
245 · 2025
Retail establishments
109
38.4/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Retail trade19%
Finance & insurance15%
Food & accommodation12%
Health care10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,403
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $59.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+735
International migration+126
Natural change−869
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$192.7k±$8.8k
Median gross rent
$755/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
21.8%±1.4%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$46.4M
139 units · 4.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Lightning 63Winter weather 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2442016
2472017
2592018
2652019
2782020
3042021
3502022
3982023
4332024
4632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -25% since 20211862021
1232022
1742023
1432024
1392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.3 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
FOXY
Nearest port
149.8 km
SAND BAY WISC
Nearest commercial airport
38.8 km
RHINELANDER/ONEIDA COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 0.3% year over year — slower than 79% 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.