County profile
Jackson County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1221 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,444
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
876
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
54,281
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.9%±1.5%
Poverty rate
17.3%±1.9%
Business applications
423 · 2025
Retail establishments
174
32.3/10k 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
Manufacturing47%
Retail trade19%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction5%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
54,281
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $48.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,001
International migration+211
Natural change−1,493
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.1B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.5k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$780/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
12.5%±1.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$14.4M
49 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 92Lightning 89Strong wind 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2022016
2132017
2182018
2242019
2332020
2652021
3092022
3342023
3622024
3832025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 23% since 2021402021
472022
432023
532024
492025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.2 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
5.6 km
NS
Nearest port
11.4 km
TENN VALLEY P AUTH BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR PLN BGE TRM
Nearest commercial airport
72.6 km
HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.