County profile
Clarke County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1746 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,615
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
581
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,014
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$49.2k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
15.0%±2.1%
Poverty rate
20.1%±3.5%
Business applications
286 · 2025
Retail establishments
124
56.0/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade27%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation14%
Finance & insurance5%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,014
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−504
International migration+14
Natural change−481
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$868.4M2019
$904.4M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.7k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$782/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
28.3%±3.6%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$2.2M
10 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$791/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 90Landslide 76Lightning 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2022016
2082017
2062018
2112019
2182020
2292021
2482022
2672023
2652024
2612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 900% since 202112021
22022
72023
102024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.1 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
12.2 km
NS
Nearest port
21.0 km
PARKER TOWING CO PORT OF JACKSON WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
113.3 km
KEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clarke?
Clarke's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 68% of 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.