County profile
Lowndes County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#2361 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$537.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,776
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
113
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$66.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,359
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$37.1k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
14.4%±3.6%
Poverty rate
29.9%±4.8%
Business applications
143 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
30.5/10k 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
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade20%
Construction10%
Transportation10%
Health care5%
Mining & energy4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,359
residents · 2025 · -9.0% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−581
International migration+16
Natural change−341
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$399.5M2019
$394.7M2020
$434.9M2021
$484.3M2022
$506.4M2023
$537.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$86.3k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$710/mo±$160/mo
Vacancy rate
11.6%±3.3%
Affordability
1.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
4 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 73Hurricane 71Strong wind 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1072015
1082016
1082017
1192018
1192019
1222020
1302021
1342022
1522023
1552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
22024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.1 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
14.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
35.4 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
29.0 km
MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$66.4k
avg. annual pay · +39% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lowndes?
Lowndes's economy produced $537.8M in 2024, growing 6.2% year over year — faster than most 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.