County profile
Montgomery County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#260 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
103,653
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,584
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
225,891
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$59.4k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
34.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
19.9%±1.3%
Business applications
3,867 · 2025
Retail establishments
888
39.3/10k 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 care25%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation16%
Admin & support12%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
225,891
residents · 2025 · -1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−8,880
International migration+4,612
Natural change+1,834
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$14.7B2019
$14.7B2020
$15.7B2021
$17.1B2022
$18.8B2023
$19.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.9k±$4.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±0.8%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$136.3M
729 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 97Tornado 97Heat wave 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2442016
2452017
2462018
2532019
2632020
2842021
3212022
3392023
3522024
3572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 21% since 20216012021
5002022
4912023
4602024
7292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.6 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
6.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
65.8 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
19.7 km
MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Montgomery?
Montgomery's economy produced $19.9B in 2024, growing 5.9% 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.