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County profile

Alger

United States · GDP 2024
#2652 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$331.7M
GDP growth
+3.7%
Jobs tracked
1,733
Employers
220
Avg. wage
$49.1k
Population
8,641
Labor & formation
Unemployment
8.0%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$1.9k
Business applications
82 · 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
Manufacturing31%
Food & accommodation24%
Retail trade19%
Health care15%
Construction6%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,641
residents · 2025 · -2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $46.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+33
International migration+10
Natural change−259

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$262.5M
2019
$248.9M
2020
$277.3M
2021
$306.3M
2022
$319.9M
2023
$331.7M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$176.2k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$714/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
43.2%±2.6%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
32 (3.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
9.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 82Landslide 67Hail 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
203
2016
208
2017
223
2018
227
2019
222
2020
262
2021
306
2022
359
2023
333
2024
396
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
150.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
CN
Nearest port
2.8 km
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP MUNISING DIV R COAL
Nearest commercial airport
60.8 km
MARQUETTE/SAWYER RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.1k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Twiggs$331.5MLyon$332.3MOliver$332.4MMcCormick$330.7MLincoln$333.4MClay$329.9M
The read

Alger's economy produced $331.7M 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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