County profile
Clay County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#2307 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$576.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,666
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
192
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,207
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$55.3k±$6.7k
Bachelor's degree+
14.7%±3.0%
Poverty rate
17.6%±4.0%
Business applications
124 · 2025
Retail establishments
39
27.4/10k 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
Manufacturing62%
Health care15%
Retail trade10%
Food & accommodation5%
Other services4%
Admin & support3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,207
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $42.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+338
International migration−1
Natural change−345
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$444.2M2019
$457.6M2020
$481.0M2021
$542.4M2022
$541.9M2023
$576.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$156.7k±$17.8k
Median gross rent
$619/mo±$145/mo
Vacancy rate
18.1%±4.1%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
8 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 71Hurricane 68Tornado 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1422016
1362017
1542018
1502019
1532020
1562021
1842022
2082023
2422024
3062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 60% since 202152021
192022
62023
92024
82025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.1 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
9.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
120.2 km
ERGON PORT BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
89.0 km
BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clay?
Clay's economy produced $576.7M in 2024, growing 6.4% 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.