County profile
DeKalb County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#966 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,004
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,165
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
74,085
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$51.2k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
14.1%±1.5%
Poverty rate
22.4%±1.9%
Business applications
667 · 2025
Retail establishments
255
34.7/10k 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
Manufacturing45%
Retail trade16%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation8%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
74,085
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $45.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,968
International migration+1,118
Natural change−671
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.8B2022
$2.8B2023
$3.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$152.7k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$693/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
15.4%±1.5%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$6.9M
45 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 91Tornado 88Cold wave 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1702016
1852017
1902018
1972019
2082020
2352021
2792022
3122023
3342024
3422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -37% since 2021712021
602022
1152023
392024
452025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.4 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
7.4 km
NS
Nearest port
28.6 km
TENN VALLEY P AUTH BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR PLN BGE TRM
Nearest commercial airport
84.1 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of DeKalb?
DeKalb's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 8.4% 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.