County profile
Cherokee County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#2030 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$796.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,338
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
391
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,413
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$53.9k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%±2.1%
Poverty rate
14.8%±2.4%
Business applications
244 · 2025
Retail establishments
74
28.4/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Manufacturing22%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation16%
Admin & support12%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,413
residents · 2025 · +5.7% since 2020
Income per capita $48.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,312
International migration+125
Natural change−1,043
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$594.5M2019
$565.8M2020
$664.7M2021
$737.0M2022
$751.2M2023
$796.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$179.7k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$762/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
30.7%±2.7%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$4.4M
21 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$844/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 90Tornado 83Earthquake 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1402016
1422017
1492018
1582019
1642020
1842021
2222022
2302023
2632024
2692025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 2021242021
552022
112023
392024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.4 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
24.7 km
NS
Nearest port
64.2 km
GOLD KIST, GUNTERSVILLE FEED MILL DOCK(CORN)
Nearest commercial airport
102.4 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cherokee?
Cherokee's economy produced $796.7M in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster 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.