County profile
Monroe County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1986 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$848.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,195
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
382
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,965
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.9%
Median HH income
$42.3k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
11.7%±2.0%
Poverty rate
20.1%±3.6%
Business applications
205 · 2025
Retail establishments
78
40.9/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Transportation20%
Retail trade19%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,965
residents · 2025 · -3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $46.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−328
International migration+17
Natural change−434
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$696.8M2019
$682.3M2020
$751.5M2021
$801.0M2022
$822.6M2023
$848.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$120.6k±$10.8k
Median gross rent
$666/mo±$168/mo
Vacancy rate
27.9%±3.2%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$8.6M
37 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 88Lightning 82Drought 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1422016
1412017
1452018
1532019
1552020
1672021
1782022
1942023
2162024
2102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
52022
522023
472024
372025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.0 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
AGR
Nearest port
14.5 km
ALABAMA RIVER PULP CO GOSPORT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
122.5 km
MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Monroe?
Monroe's economy produced $848.1M in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% 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.