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 · 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care25%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation16%
Admin & support9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,953
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+615
International migration+193
Natural change−1,151
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
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 · 2016–2025
1862016
1942017
2052018
2142019
2222020
2442021
2792022
3092023
3182024
3442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 20212792021
1822022
2192023
2162024
2302025
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 · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Tallapoosa?
Tallapoosa's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster 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.