County profile
Pickens County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#2319 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$568.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,546
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
243
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,221
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$46.3k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
13.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
20.0%±3.2%
Business applications
210 · 2025
Retail establishments
50
27.1/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care21%
Construction17%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation7%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,221
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−290
International migration+77
Natural change−529
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$462.9M2019
$466.8M2020
$518.4M2021
$523.6M2022
$545.1M2023
$568.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$123.9k±$17.1k
Median gross rent
$648/mo±$87/mo
Vacancy rate
22.5%±3.3%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$666.0k
4 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 80Earthquake 79Tornado 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1282016
1322017
1342018
1312019
1412020
1492021
1932022
1892023
1972024
2182025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -43% since 202172021
62022
32023
52024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.6 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
12.1 km
ABS
Nearest port
18.1 km
PARKER TOWING CO PICKENS COUNTY PORT SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
44.9 km
TUSCALOOSA NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pickens?
Pickens's economy produced $568.8M in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.