Places/AL/Baldwin County, AL
County profile

Baldwin County, AL

United States · GDP 2024
#351 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
72,022
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
6,409
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
267,761
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$78.8k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
33.7%±1.3%
Poverty rate
10.1%±1.0%
Business applications
3,909 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,062
40.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Diamond Holdings, Inc.Basic Materials$0

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
Retail trade29%
Food & accommodation27%
Health care18%
Construction11%
Admin & support8%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
267,761
residents · 2025 · +14.8% since 2020
Income per capita $63.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+32,909
International migration+3,232
Natural change1,899

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$8.6B
2019
$8.8B
2020
$9.8B
2021
$11.2B
2022
$12.7B
2023
$13.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$316.9k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
25.5%±0.9%
Affordability
6.5× wages
Residential permits
$869.6M
2,665 units · 10.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 99Lightning 99Tornado 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
338
2016
355
2017
375
2018
401
2019
418
2020
475
2021
557
2022
620
2023
638
2024
653
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-28% since 2021
3,705
2021
3,417
2022
4,363
2023
3,883
2024
2,665
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
13.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
29.9 km
HENRY MARINE SERVICE, PIER M
Nearest commercial airport
34.8 km
MOBILE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$48.8k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Baldwin?

Baldwin's economy produced $13.4B in 2024, growing 5.7% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.