County profile
Barbour County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1860 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$985.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,301
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
412
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
24,607
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$46.0k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
10.6%±1.5%
Poverty rate
21.4%±3.2%
Business applications
261 · 2025
Retail establishments
76
31.0/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Transportation15%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation13%
Health care12%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,607
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $44.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−268
International migration+268
Natural change−354
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$793.8M2019
$788.7M2020
$872.9M2021
$936.4M2022
$947.2M2023
$985.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$112.9k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$688/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
22.4%±2.6%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$4.0M
14 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 80Tornado 79Drought 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2052016
2122017
2032018
2052019
2202020
2392021
2722022
2832023
2742024
2762025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 2021122021
202022
642023
342024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.2 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
5.5 km
GSWR
Nearest port
151.7 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
61.2 km
DOTHAN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.7k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Barbour?
Barbour's economy produced $985.8M in 2024, growing 4.1% 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.