County profile
Chambers County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1678 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,897
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
572
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,253
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$49.7k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
14.9%±1.9%
Poverty rate
15.7%±2.2%
Business applications
469 · 2025
Retail establishments
114
33.2/10k 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%
Retail trade17%
Health care15%
Admin & support12%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,253
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $43.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−528
International migration+757
Natural change−564
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$962.1M2019
$924.6M2020
$949.0M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.8k±$17.0k
Median gross rent
$871/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
18.3%±2.5%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$20.7M
100 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 83Hurricane 70Tornado 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2062016
1942017
2072018
2202019
2272020
2502021
2882022
3242023
3292024
3372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1011% since 202192021
252022
292023
382024
1002025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.5 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
16.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
149.0 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
61.2 km
COLUMBUS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chambers?
Chambers's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 7.5% year over year — faster than most 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.