County profile
St. Clair County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#942 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,213
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,454
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
98,206
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$77.5k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±1.5%
Poverty rate
11.4%±1.4%
Business applications
1,074 · 2025
Retail establishments
259
26.7/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Manufacturing24%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care15%
Construction12%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
98,206
residents · 2025 · +7.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,227
International migration+136
Natural change−911
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.9B2023
$3.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$226.3k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$66/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±1.2%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$92.8M
411 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 92Landslide 85Earthquake 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3062016
3142017
3352018
3462019
3592020
3952021
4542022
4792023
5142024
5172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -21% since 20215172021
4152022
4792023
5432024
4112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.6 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
3.6 km
ATN
Nearest port
70.4 km
ALABAMA FARMERS COOPERATIVE, INC. GRAIN ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
43.7 km
BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of St. Clair?
St. Clair's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, growing 8.2% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.