County profile
Lawrence County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1965 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$864.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,567
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
408
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,843
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$66.1k±$5.6k
Bachelor's degree+
15.2%±2.6%
Poverty rate
13.3%±2.6%
Business applications
337 · 2025
Retail establishments
83
24.7/10k 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
Retail trade29%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation18%
Professional services16%
Construction10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,843
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,371
International migration+49
Natural change−685
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$588.4M2019
$610.8M2020
$689.3M2021
$804.6M2022
$899.9M2023
$864.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$172.3k±$13.0k
Median gross rent
$753/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
11.5%±1.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$1.6M
6 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 90Lightning 84Earthquake 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1902016
2052017
2012018
2052019
2162020
2502021
2962022
3152023
3442024
3362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -54% since 2021132021
112022
22023
52024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.0 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
15.4 km
NS
Nearest port
26.1 km
NUCOR STEEL DECATUR AL
Nearest commercial airport
37.0 km
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lawrence?
Lawrence's economy produced $864.5M in 2024, contracting 3.9% year over year — slower than 89% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.