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Tuscaloosa

United States · GDP 2024
#335 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$14.4B
GDP growth
+3.7%
Jobs tracked
84,004
Employers
4,189
Avg. wage
$57.7k
Population
241,368
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$2.3k
Business applications
2,595 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Warrior Met Coal, Inc.Energy$1.3B69B

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
Manufacturing33%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation16%
Retail trade16%
Admin & support8%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
241,368
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $46.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,159
International migration+2,966
Natural change+1,958

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$11.3B
2019
$10.6B
2020
$11.5B
2021
$12.8B
2022
$13.9B
2023
$14.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$248.7k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$23/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±0.8%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
603 (2.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 98Heat wave 96Strong wind 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
245
2016
251
2017
260
2018
272
2019
283
2020
306
2021
343
2022
355
2023
382
2024
394
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.4 km
I-359
Nearest freight rail
5.7 km
ABS
Nearest port
5.5 km
WARRIOR ASPHALT REFINING CORP TUSCALOOSA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
11.1 km
TUSCALOOSA NTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KWarrior Met Coal, Inc.04-30
10-QWarrior Met Coal, Inc.04-30
8-KWarrior Met Coal, Inc.04-21
DEF 14AWarrior Met Coal, Inc.03-10
10-KWarrior Met Coal, Inc.02-12
8-KWarrior Met Coal, Inc.02-12
8-KWarrior Met Coal, Inc.01-16
8-KWarrior Met Coal, Inc.11-05
10-QWarrior Met Coal, Inc.11-05
8-KWarrior Met Coal, Inc.09-26
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Kanawha$14.4BButler$14.5BGuadalupe$14.5BShawnee$14.6BNapa$14.6BBerkeley$14.3B
The read

Tuscaloosa's economy produced $14.4B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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