County profile
Dale County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#822 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,328
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
716
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
49,912
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$55.0k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.4%±1.6%
Poverty rate
18.7%±1.6%
Business applications
567 · 2025
Retail establishments
136
27.2/10k 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
Health care24%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation19%
Transportation13%
Construction11%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
49,912
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $48.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+304
International migration+252
Natural change+66
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.9B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.4B2022
$3.7B2023
$3.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.5k±$11.4k
Median gross rent
$889/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
14.1%±1.8%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$3.9M
29 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 89Tornado 88Lightning 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1502016
1562017
1632018
1662019
1662020
1782021
2082022
2272023
2492024
2422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -28% since 2021402021
302022
492023
392024
292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
74.8 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
116.2 km
MURPHY OIL CO
Nearest commercial airport
19.7 km
DOTHAN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$63.1k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dale?
Dale's economy produced $3.9B in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.