County profile
Talladega County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#756 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
28,466
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,256
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
81,603
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
17.8%±1.6%
Business applications
975 · 2025
Retail establishments
256
31.4/10k 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
Manufacturing47%
Retail trade13%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation10%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
81,603
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $45.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,518
International migration+262
Natural change−1,602
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.3B2019
$3.2B2020
$3.3B2021
$3.7B2022
$4.0B2023
$4.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$149.2k±$10.5k
Median gross rent
$785/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
12.7%±1.3%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$35.9M
195 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$814/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 94Cold wave 90Heat wave 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1932016
2032017
2122018
2182019
2272020
2462021
2842022
3082023
3192024
3212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 65% since 20211182021
1492022
1712023
1952024
1952025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.6 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
EARY
Nearest port
89.6 km
ERGON PORT BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
58.1 km
BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.1k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Talladega?
Talladega's economy produced $4.5B in 2024, growing 12.7% year over year — faster than 95% 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.