County profile
Marengo County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1756 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,995
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
446
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,311
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$43.8k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
19.5%±3.1%
Poverty rate
21.9%±3.4%
Business applications
250 · 2025
Retail establishments
98
53.1/10k 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
Manufacturing30%
Health care19%
Retail trade19%
Admin & support14%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,311
residents · 2025 · -5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−535
International migration+125
Natural change−531
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$804.3M2019
$837.2M2020
$914.3M2021
$968.7M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$107.4k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$716/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
20.0%±2.7%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$783/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 83Tornado 79Hurricane 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1812017
1822018
1902019
1952020
1952021
2282022
2282023
2572024
2432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
56.0 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
AGR
Nearest port
21.4 km
FORT JAMES CORP NAHEOLA MILL WOOD CHIP SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
91.1 km
KEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marengo?
Marengo's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 6.5% 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.