County profile
Lamar County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#2438 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$473.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,201
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
243
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,587
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$50.0k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
12.1%±2.2%
Poverty rate
18.0%±3.4%
Business applications
106 · 2025
Retail establishments
45
33.2/10k 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
Manufacturing62%
Retail trade12%
Health care11%
Transportation6%
Food & accommodation6%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,587
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $44.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+30
International migration−3
Natural change−370
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$358.4M2019
$358.9M2020
$396.5M2021
$422.4M2022
$454.4M2023
$473.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.0k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$549/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
28.6%±3.5%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 89Earthquake 75Landslide 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1332015
1642016
1542017
1482018
1532019
1622020
1652021
1712022
2242023
2372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.5 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
13.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
38.7 km
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS TERMINAL ABERDEEN
Nearest commercial airport
58.8 km
GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.6k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lamar?
Lamar's economy produced $473.5M in 2024, growing 4.2% 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.