Places/AL/Lauderdale County, AL
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 · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 · 20202025
97,135
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $49.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+4,508
International migration+384
Natural change1,836

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.8B
2019
$2.8B
2020
$3.1B
2021
$3.5B
2022
$3.7B
2023
$3.9B
2024

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 · 20162025
223
2016
225
2017
231
2018
241
2019
249
2020
278
2021
330
2022
362
2023
387
2024
400
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
129% since 2021
138
2021
176
2022
117
2023
167
2024
316
2025

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 · 20192023
$45.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Lauderdale?

Lauderdale's economy produced $3.9B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over yearfaster 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.