County profile
Marion County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1614 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,761
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
546
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,097
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$50.1k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
13.3%±1.7%
Poverty rate
16.2%±2.2%
Business applications
224 · 2025
Retail establishments
128
43.6/10k 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
Manufacturing43%
Retail trade18%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation10%
Finance & insurance5%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,097
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+539
International migration+81
Natural change−736
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$914.5M2019
$942.9M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$106.6k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$630/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
25.4%±2.9%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
12 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 98Tornado 91Landslide 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1442016
1482017
1442018
1522019
1592020
1672021
1822022
1932023
2192024
2372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 300% since 202132021
462022
12023
12024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.2 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
19.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
50.1 km
PORT ITAWAMBA
Nearest commercial airport
72.3 km
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.7k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marion?
Marion's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% of 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.