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Etowah

United States · GDP 2024
#803 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.0B
GDP growth
+5.9%
Jobs tracked
28,155
Employers
1,954
Avg. wage
$45.0k
Population
103,886
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$54.6k±$2.7k
Business applications
1,200 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Southern Banc Company, Inc.Financial Services$12.1M46D2Life Insurance Company Of AlabamaFinancial Services$42.2k——

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 care30%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation17%
Other services7%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
103,886
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $47.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,246
International migration+588
Natural change−2,431

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.2B
2019
$3.0B
2020
$3.3B
2021
$3.6B
2022
$3.8B
2023
$4.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$167.1k±$4.9k
Median gross rent
$847/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
17.2%±1.5%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
123 (1.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
87.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$927/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 98Strong wind 95Earthquake 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
238
2016
239
2017
248
2018
258
2019
267
2020
295
2021
345
2022
369
2023
397
2024
411
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.0k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Saline$4.0BClearfield$4.0BGeorgetown$4.0BSweetwater$4.0BCrow Wing$4.0BOrangeburg$4.0B
The read

Etowah's economy produced $4.0B in 2024, growing 5.9% 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.
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