County profile
Washington County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1630 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,038
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
220
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$89.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,822
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$61.0k±$9.6k
Bachelor's degree+
17.0%±3.1%
Poverty rate
17.1%±3.5%
Business applications
190 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
22.7/10k 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
Manufacturing75%
Health care7%
Retail trade7%
Transportation5%
Utilities4%
Agriculture3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,822
residents · 2025 · -3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $50.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−279
International migration+1
Natural change−230
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$872.6M2019
$873.9M2020
$992.8M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.7k±$11.9k
Median gross rent
$655/mo±$215/mo
Vacancy rate
23.5%±4.0%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$983/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 87Tornado 66Wildfire 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1072015
1042016
1062017
1102018
1162019
1182020
1152021
1342022
1632024
1662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
22024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
59.3 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
19.0 km
NS
Nearest port
23.9 km
CITADEL CEMENT CO LEROY QUARRY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
79.7 km
MOBILE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$89.3k
avg. annual pay · +40% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 12.0% year over year — faster than 94% 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.