County profile
Alamance County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#486 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
61,726
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,652
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
186,177
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$65.7k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
28.7%±1.2%
Poverty rate
13.4%±1.0%
Business applications
2,477 · 2025
Retail establishments
628
34.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Labcorp Holdings Inc.Healthcare$14.0B84B+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 care29%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
186,177
residents · 2025 · +8.5% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+11,271
International migration+3,436
Natural change−306
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.5B2019
$6.8B2020
$7.4B2021
$8.0B2022
$8.6B2023
$9.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$241.5k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
9.1%±0.8%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$343.7M
2,027 units · 10.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 88Ice storm 84Lightning 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3932016
4082017
4332018
4542019
4742020
5442021
6612022
7202023
7732024
7832025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 20212,2942021
1,9492022
2,7302023
2,4662024
2,0272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.8 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
NS
Nearest port
198.0 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
49.2 km
PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Alamance?
Alamance's economy produced $9.0B in 2024, growing 4.5% 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.