Places/AL/Tallapoosa County, AL
County profile

Tallapoosa County, AL

United States · GDP 2024
#1321 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,554
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
823
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,953
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$59.4k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
20.3%±1.9%
Poverty rate
16.3%±2.1%
Business applications
534 · 2025
Retail establishments
150
36.7/10k pop

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
Manufacturing26%
Health care25%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation16%
Admin & support9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
40,953
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+615
International migration+193
Natural change1,151

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.5B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.5k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$765/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
26.3%±2.0%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$136.4M
230 units · 5.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$857/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 84Wildfire 75Hurricane 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
186
2016
194
2017
205
2018
214
2019
222
2020
244
2021
279
2022
309
2023
318
2024
344
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-18% since 2021
279
2021
182
2022
219
2023
216
2024
230
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
43.1 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
NS
Nearest port
112.0 km
ALABAMA STATE DOCKS, SELMA INLAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
83.8 km
MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Tallapoosa?

Tallapoosa's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 5.7% year over yearfaster than most 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.