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Montgomery

United States · GDP 2024
#1535 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
GDP growth
+3.7%
Jobs tracked
7,600
Employers
503
Avg. wage
$47.6k
Population
26,403
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$3.1k
Business applications
284 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1McRae Industries, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$114.9M64C

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
Manufacturing52%
Health care15%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation8%
Other services7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,403
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $50.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,046
International migration+231
Natural change−572

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.3B
2021
$1.4B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.7k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$766/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
29.0%±3.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
176 (6.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
49.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 84Ice storm 77Tornado 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
166
2016
169
2017
167
2018
190
2019
191
2020
216
2021
260
2022
313
2023
312
2024
286
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.1 km
I-73
Nearest freight rail
3.2 km
ACWR
Nearest port
169.6 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
73.0 km
CONCORD-PADGETT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lassen$1.5BUnion$1.5BGlenn$1.5BChugach Census Area$1.5BWashington$1.5BTillamook$1.5B
The read

Montgomery's economy produced $1.5B 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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