County profile
Hale County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#2571 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$385.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,904
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
183
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,194
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$39.3k±$7.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.6%±3.4%
Poverty rate
24.6%±4.6%
Business applications
212 · 2025
Retail establishments
40
26.4/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care26%
Retail trade16%
Construction13%
Food & accommodation11%
Agriculture5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,194
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+510
International migration+2
Natural change−92
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$279.0M2019
$297.9M2020
$307.9M2021
$326.1M2022
$361.4M2023
$385.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.6k±$20.5k
Median gross rent
$715/mo±$105/mo
Vacancy rate
25.7%±3.8%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$1.6M
8 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Hurricane 69Tornado 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1322016
1342017
1472018
1342019
1462020
1502021
1632022
2032023
2162024
2232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -93% since 20211192021
1122022
262023
112024
82025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.3 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
16.7 km
NS
Nearest port
32.1 km
CEMEX CEMENT DEMOPOLIS DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
51.1 km
TUSCALOOSA NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hale?
Hale's economy produced $385.5M in 2024, growing 6.7% 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.