County profile
Macon County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#2062 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$764.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,658
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
196
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,132
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$43.7k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±2.6%
Poverty rate
24.3%±4.3%
Business applications
275 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
25.2/10k 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 care37%
Education28%
Manufacturing13%
Retail trade10%
Food & accommodation7%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,132
residents · 2025 · -6.8% since 2020
Income per capita $44.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,066
International migration+126
Natural change−365
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$566.9M2019
$563.1M2020
$591.8M2021
$633.8M2022
$711.1M2023
$764.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$102.0k±$9.0k
Median gross rent
$734/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
25.0%±2.4%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$2.1M
6 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$995/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 72Hurricane 69Earthquake 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1152016
1122017
1082018
1292019
1302020
1412021
1622022
1782023
1742024
1812025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 2021102021
02022
72023
62024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.4 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
10.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
110.4 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
66.4 km
MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Macon?
Macon's economy produced $764.9M in 2024, growing 7.6% 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.