County profile
Limestone County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#588 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
28,343
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,629
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
122,928
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$83.6k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
30.2%±1.8%
Poverty rate
10.0%±1.4%
Business applications
1,456 · 2025
Retail establishments
278
23.4/10k 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
Manufacturing42%
Retail trade15%
Health care12%
Transportation12%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
122,928
residents · 2025 · +18.0% since 2020
Income per capita $59.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+17,175
International migration+885
Natural change+557
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.3B2019
$4.4B2020
$5.3B2021
$6.0B2022
$6.6B2023
$7.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$281.0k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$970/mo±$72/mo
Vacancy rate
7.7%±1.4%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$131.5M
449 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Earthquake 90Tornado 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2042016
2062017
2212018
2322019
2462020
2862021
3402022
3622023
3792024
3882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 20216312021
8482022
4912023
4962024
4492025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.9 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
17.5 km
TVA BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT
Nearest commercial airport
27.0 km
HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.1k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Limestone?
Limestone's economy produced $7.0B in 2024, growing 5.0% 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.