County profile
Montgomery County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2758 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$272.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,012
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
199
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,354
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$41.7k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±3.8%
Poverty rate
25.2%±6.6%
Business applications
159 · 2025
Retail establishments
43
45.6/10k 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
Health care33%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing11%
Agriculture8%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,354
residents · 2025 · -4.5% since 2020
Income per capita $45.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−204
International migration−4
Natural change−241
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$196.7M2019
$209.5M2020
$229.1M2021
$239.8M2022
$263.4M2023
$272.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$126.8k±$18.4k
Median gross rent
$734/mo±$318/mo
Vacancy rate
24.1%±4.5%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$2.8M
102 units · 10.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 57Hurricane 54Landslide 53
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1312016
1242017
1302018
1322019
1382020
1482021
1612022
1622023
1712024
1672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 20211182021
1412022
1122023
922024
1022025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.8 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
3.2 km
CAGY
Nearest port
89.4 km
FARMERS GRAIN TERMINAL, BELZONI DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
95.2 km
GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.0k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Montgomery?
Montgomery's economy produced $272.6M in 2024, growing 3.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.