Places/AL/Cullman County, AL
County profile

Cullman County, AL

United States · GDP 2024
#774 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
27,591
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,867
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
94,009
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$62.7k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.7%±1.6%
Poverty rate
15.3%±1.8%
Business applications
939 · 2025
Retail establishments
351
37.8/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Cullman Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services

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 trade22%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation16%
Transportation10%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
94,009
residents · 2025 · +6.7% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+6,699
International migration+298
Natural change1,114

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$3.0B
2019
$3.0B
2020
$3.4B
2021
$3.9B
2022
$4.0B
2023
$4.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$199.1k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$908/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
11.3%±1.1%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$35.8M
196 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$879/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 93Cold wave 93Tornado 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
209
2016
218
2017
226
2018
231
2019
243
2020
267
2021
324
2022
332
2023
361
2024
360
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-7% since 2021
211
2021
310
2022
204
2023
177
2024
196
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.0 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
3.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
49.8 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS CORDOVA WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
56.8 km
HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Cullman?

Cullman's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 5.9% year over yearfaster 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.