County profile
Winston County, AL
United States · GDP 2024
#1737 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,213
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
412
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,829
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$57.3k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.3%±1.7%
Poverty rate
18.7%±2.9%
Business applications
217 · 2025
Retail establishments
81
33.9/10k 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
Manufacturing50%
Health care15%
Retail trade14%
Construction10%
Food & accommodation6%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,829
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $47.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+880
International migration+126
Natural change−678
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$820.1M2019
$885.1M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$118.9k±$10.2k
Median gross rent
$803/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
28.4%±2.5%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$85.0k
2 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
59.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 85Earthquake 81Tornado 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1742016
1782017
1922018
1942019
2032020
2292021
2752022
2892023
3092024
3152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
22022
02023
12024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.4 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
18.4 km
NS
Nearest port
47.3 km
VULCAN ASPHALT REFINING CO CORDOVA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
69.8 km
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Winston?
Winston's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 4.8% 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.