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Shelby

United States · GDP 2024
#1763 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
GDP growth
+2.0%
Jobs tracked
4,312
Employers
422
Avg. wage
$45.3k
Population
20,576
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$72.1k±$4.5k
Business applications
146 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade16%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services11%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,576
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $56.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+102
International migration+11
Natural change−453

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$735.4M
2019
$789.1M
2020
$873.7M
2021
$1.0B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$137.1k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$814/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
11.4%±2.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
46 (2.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
51.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$951/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Cold wave 83Earthquake 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
177
2016
179
2017
182
2018
179
2019
186
2020
204
2021
216
2022
239
2023
260
2024
273
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.8 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
UP
Nearest port
127.5 km
Economy Boat Store Wharf.
Nearest commercial airport
46.2 km
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Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Warren$1.1BLee$1.1BAmherst$1.1BClaiborne$1.1BWabasha$1.1BBee$1.1B
The read

Shelby's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 2.0% year over year — slower than 70% 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.
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