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County profile

Shelby

United States · GDP 2024
#292 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$17.3B
GDP growth
+3.6%
Jobs tracked
87,718
Employers
5,610
Avg. wage
$64.8k
Population
238,552
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$98.0k±$3.2k
Business applications
3,468 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade21%
Finance & insurance18%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care16%
Admin & support14%
Construction14%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
238,552
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $74.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,527
International migration+2,858
Natural change+2,371

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$12.8B
2019
$13.1B
2020
$14.4B
2021
$16.0B
2022
$16.7B
2023
$17.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$326.1k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
5.6%±0.6%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
1,308 (5.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 98Landslide 93Lightning 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
344
2016
353
2017
374
2018
390
2019
409
2020
452
2021
531
2022
570
2023
584
2024
607
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$64.8k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Clay$17.3BSt. Tammany$17.4BCameron$17.4BOutagamie$17.2BWashington$17.1BAlbemarle + Charlottesville$17.6B
The read

Shelby's economy produced $17.3B in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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