County profile
Escambia County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1422 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,975
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
755
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,665
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$48.2k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
13.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
20.0%±2.8%
Business applications
485 · 2025
Retail establishments
163
44.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc.Financial Services$89.8M54DHQ-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
Food & accommodation23%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing22%
Health care17%
Construction8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,665
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $45.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+711
International migration+21
Natural change−763
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$136.5k±$10.5k
Median gross rent
$766/mo±$23/mo
Vacancy rate
23.8%±2.8%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$920.6k
6 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 97Lightning 97Heat wave 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1942016
1932017
2112018
2162019
2232020
2442021
2662022
2892023
3152024
3412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 2021102021
222022
212023
352024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.5 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
5.2 km
ALAB
Nearest port
58.9 km
MONSANTO CO., PENSACOLA PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
72.7 km
PENSACOLA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Escambia?
Escambia's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 64% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.