County profile
Jefferson County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#85 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$65.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
341,042
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
16,989
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$69.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
665,742
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
36.2%±0.8%
Poverty rate
15.7%±0.7%
Business applications
12,309 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,489
37.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Vulcan Materials CompanyBasic Materials$7.9B83B+2Encompass Health CorporationHealthcare$5.9B76B+3Diversified Energy Company PLCEnergy$1.8B52D4ProAssurance CorporationFinancial Services$1.1B62C5Medical Properties Trust, Inc.Real Estate$972.0M45D6SouthPoint Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$114.3M26D7Regions Financial CorporationFinancial Services$104.0M66B8Alabama Aircraft Industries, IncIndustrials$53.5M——9Nexity Financial CorporationFinancial Services$28.3M——10Curtiss Motorcycles Company, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.3M——11First US Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$1.1M44D12Kaiser Group Holdings, Inc.Industrials$3.6k——13Triad Guaranty Inc.Financial Services$0——14ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services———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 care32%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation15%
Finance & insurance12%
Admin & support12%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
665,742
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $75.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−17,523
International migration+9,749
Natural change−1,170
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$48.2B2019
$48.6B2020
$53.5B2021
$58.7B2022
$62.9B2023
$65.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$240.0k±$5.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$18/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±0.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$743.9M
2,391 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 100Lightning 99Cold wave 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4072016
4252017
4492018
4712019
4882020
5322021
6022022
6372023
6602024
6752025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 13% since 20212,1212021
2,6172022
1,9482023
2,1172024
2,3912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.5 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
19.5 km
COVOL TECHNOLOGIES BIRMINGHAM COAL LOADING WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
13.3 km
BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR4 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$69.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $65.5B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.