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County profile

Marion

United States · GDP 2024
#1614 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
GDP growth
+1.9%
Jobs tracked
7,761
Employers
546
Avg. wage
$45.7k
Population
29,097
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$50.1k±$4.3k
Business applications
224 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$914.5M
2019
$942.9M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024

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
12 (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
144
2016
148
2017
144
2018
152
2019
159
2020
167
2021
182
2022
193
2023
219
2024
237
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Perry$1.3BLogan$1.3BHaywood$1.3BWhite Pine$1.3BHouston$1.3BYadkin$1.3B
The read

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.
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