County profile
Blount County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1499 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,402
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
777
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
60,156
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$64.2k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±1.6%
Poverty rate
12.9%±1.5%
Business applications
612 · 2025
Retail establishments
133
22.1/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Health care18%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction12%
Other services11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
60,156
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $48.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,560
International migration+144
Natural change−685
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$974.1M2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.2k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$776/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
11.0%±1.7%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$3.6M
20 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 92Landslide 81Lightning 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1742016
1852017
1892018
1982019
2052020
2282021
2642022
2702023
2972024
2952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 2021262021
202022
202023
172024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.4 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
16.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
47.9 km
THE GREAT COMBINE, GUNTERSVILLE GRAIN TRANSFER WHF
Nearest commercial airport
49.5 km
BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Blount?
Blount's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 10.4% year over year — faster than 92% of 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.