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Shelby

United States · GDP 2024
#1125 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 50% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
GDP growth
+7.2%
Jobs tracked
17,446
Employers
1,129
Avg. wage
$52.2k
Population
51,243
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$82.6k±$4.4k
Business applications
586 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing32%
Retail trade20%
Transportation20%
Food & accommodation12%
Health care10%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,243
residents · 2025 · +6.2% since 2020
Income per capita $64.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,512
International migration+978
Natural change+488

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.9B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$2.2B
2023
$2.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$304.8k±$14.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
5.4%±1.4%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
269 (5.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
61.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 94Tornado 88Lightning 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
256
2016
270
2017
285
2018
301
2019
310
2020
345
2021
399
2022
429
2023
447
2024
465
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.4 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
NS
Nearest port
40.8 km
Louisville-Jefferson Port, KY
Nearest commercial airport
47.6 km
LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Montrose$2.4BDouglas$2.4BBenton$2.4BGila$2.4BDakota$2.4BMcLeod$2.4B
The read

Shelby's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 7.2% 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.
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