County profile
Lauderdale County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#816 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
27,193
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,053
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
97,135
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$62.6k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
29.8%±1.5%
Poverty rate
12.2%±1.2%
Business applications
996 · 2025
Retail establishments
379
39.0/10k 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
Health care27%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing14%
Construction9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
97,135
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $49.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,508
International migration+384
Natural change−1,836
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.8B2019
$2.8B2020
$3.1B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.7B2023
$3.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$200.3k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$838/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±1.2%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$31.5M
316 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 94Cold wave 94Earthquake 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2232016
2252017
2312018
2412019
2492020
2782021
3302022
3622023
3872024
4002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 129% since 20211382021
1762022
1172023
1672024
3162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
65.8 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
TSRR
Nearest port
11.4 km
SOUTHERN READY-MIX OF NORTH ALABAMA, FLORENCE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
17.8 km
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lauderdale?
Lauderdale's economy produced $3.9B in 2024, growing 6.1% 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.