Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety29#2,204/3,096
Economy19#2,534/3,143
Housing47#1,651/3,140
Health16#2,648/3,144
Healthcare24#2,378/3,143
Environment67#1,011/3,108
Education1#3,110/3,144
Infrastructure32#2,139/3,144
Community8#2,901/3,144
Leisure & amenities23#2,406/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where DeKalb County, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.24%
98/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Unemployment rate · low2.5%
96/100Alabama 2.8%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Dental care shortage · low0.0
88/100Alabama 6.0United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
86/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
79/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100Alabama 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low79.2%
2/100Alabama 88.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Child poverty rate · high29.4%
4/100Alabama 20.4%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Firearm deaths · high27.6 /100k
6/100Alabama 21.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Poverty rate · high21.3%
7/100Alabama 15.2%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Homicide rate · high8.1 /100k
7/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Reading scores · low2.58
8/100Alabama 2.83United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 42% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+42 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateWorsening
3.5 /100k (2021) → 8.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+131%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Mental health providersImproving
29 /100k (2021) → 62 /100k (2025)
+110%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Firearm deathsWorsening
14.3 /100k (2021) → 27.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+93%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.0% (2015-2019) → 86.9% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
1.0 /10k (2020) → 1.6 /10k (2025)
+66%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, DeKalb County, Alabama improved on 9 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 19 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Uninsured−4.1 points18.7% → 14.6%
High school++4.4 points74.8% → 79.2%
Broadband+15 points72.0% → 86.9%
Real income+38%$39,382 → $54,249
Weekly wage+28%$785 → $1,006

Declined3

Property crime+14%681 /100k → 777 /100k
Violent crime+52%87 /100k → 131 /100k
Price / income+0.4×2.6× → 3.0×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of DeKalb County, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.0 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+66%	Within the margin of error	94%
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	24.8 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	42%
Average weekly wage	$7852020	$1,0062025	+28%	Improved	76%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%2015-2019	14.1%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Broadband subscriptions	72.0%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	80%
Child poverty rate	29.4%2019	29.4%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Distance to an airport	48 mi2020	48 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	25.1 /100k2020	20.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−18%	Within the margin of error	41%
Effective property tax rate	0.29%2015-2019	0.24%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Firearm deaths	18.1 /100k2020	27.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+52%	Within the margin of error	6%
Grocery stores	2.4 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	+2.4%	Within the margin of error	64%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−3.3%	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	74.8%2015-2019	79.2%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Improved	85%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	53%
Homicide rate	4.2 /100k2020	8.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+93%	Within the margin of error	1%
Income adjusted for local prices	$39,3822019	$54,2492024	+38%	Improved	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4592020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$44,2772019	$54,1802024	+22%	Improved	36%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	9.0 /1k2025	+53%	Improved	62%
Pharmacies	2.9 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	−7.9%	Within the margin of error	44%
Poverty rate	18.2%2019	21.3%2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Property crime rate	681 /100k2020	777 /100k2025	+14%	Declined	7%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent as share of income	26.6%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent-burdened households	42.8%2015-2019	44.4%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Restaurants and bars	4.7 /10k2020	5.1 /10k2025	+8.1%	Within the margin of error	70%
Students per teacher	17.2×2019	15.8×2024	−1.3×	Improved	74%
Suicide rate	20.9 /100k2020	22.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.3%	Within the margin of error	45%
Traffic deaths	23.0 /100k2015-2019	25.4 /100k2020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	42%
Unemployment rate	4.8%2020	2.5%2025	−2.3 points	Improved	43%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.7%2019	14.6%2024	−4.1 points	Improved	92%
Violent crime rate	87 /100k2020	131 /100k2025	+52%	Declined	9%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like DeKalb County, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of DeKalb County, Alabama in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, DeKalb County, Alabama itself moved −2.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

72,269 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

26,181 households (±470)

DeKalb County, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k24%6,371
$25k–50k25%6,431
$50k–75k18%4,688

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

26,181 households (±470)

DeKalb County, Alabama
Alabama share

Own78%20,490
Rent22%5,691

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.7 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

29,730 workers (±933)

DeKalb County, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone83%24,731
Carpool11%3,291
Public transit0.0%†5

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fort Payne, AL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

DeKalb County has 1,165 employer establishments, 160 for every 10,000 residents (0.65× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Alabama's), with 20,004 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,644. The Census Bureau also counts 5,767 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,165; 5,767 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 160; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 20,004
Average annual pay: $50,644; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of DeKalb County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	98	13.5	0.65×Fewer than typical	881	$59,091	146
Restaurants and other eating places	87	12	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,624	$19,299	35
Specialty trade contractors	63	8.7	0.56×Fewer than typical	417	$50,974	734
Religious organizations	56	7.7	1.39×More than typical	226	$18,947	—
Gasoline stations	45	6.2	1.91×More than typical	280	$21,132	3
Limited-service restaurants	45	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	906	$19,624	6
Full-service restaurants	35	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	671	$19,051	22
Offices of other health practitioners	34	4.7	0.77×Fewer than typical	206	$40,840	54
Automotive repair and maintenance	32	4.4	0.87×About typical	113	$43,867	226
Building equipment contractors	30	4.1	0.69×Fewer than typical	229	$53,406	117
Offices of physicians	30	4.1	0.64×Fewer than typical	355	$73,490	17
Truck transportation	30	4.1	0.82×About typical	369	$56,482	192

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 72,633 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated -$77.9M on contracts performed in DeKalb County, Alabama: -$1,052 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$77.9M
Per resident: -$1,052; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Information Systems Agency$106.1K0.0%
Missile Defense Agency$30K0.0%
Federal Aviation Administration$17.9K0.0%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$16.4K0.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$12.8K0.0%
National Park Service$12.5K0.0%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$10.3K0.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

2MFY2017
-4.1MFY2018
21.2MFY2019
2.3MFY2020
2.6MFY2021
978KFY2022
2.1MFY2023
809.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$80.4K0.0%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$53.2K0.0%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$29.2K0.0%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$27K0.0%
Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers · 5173$25.7K0.0%
Building equipment contractors · 2382

Largest awards

NON-PERSONAL TECHNICAL, ENGINEERING, DATA MANAGEMENT, AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY/TARGETS AND COUNTERMEASURES LOGISTICS (MDA/TCL) PROGRAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES.$5M
SPECIAL AEROSPACE SERVICES, LLC· DeKalb County, AL· Research & development· Aug 16, 2019 – Dec 30, 2025· HQ014719C0014
LEVC000218EBM 60MB ETHERNET$145.1K
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC· DeKalb County, AL· IT & telecom· Jun 2, 2020 – Feb 26, 2026· HC101320PA979
EICT000483EBM - ETHERNET TRANSPORT SERVICES$80.4K
AOC CONNECT, LLC· DeKalb County, AL· IT & telecom· Jan 8, 2026 – Apr 2, 2026· HC101326FA070

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $450.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for DeKalb County, Alabama: $6,081 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $450.5M; −9.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,081; US $12,955
Loan face value: $21.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$261.5M58%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$55.6M12%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How DeKalb County, Alabama compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

DeKalb County, Alabama
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, DeKalb County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
FY2017	$27.40	$1,436
FY2018	-$57.20	$1,552
FY2019	$296	$1,654
FY2020	$32.53	$1,880
FY2021	$36.61	$1,810
FY2022	$13.57	$1,917
FY2023	$29.09	$2,079
FY2024	$11.00	$2,047
FY2025	-$1,601	$2,165
FY2026	-$1,052 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, DeKalb County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
FY2017	$2.31	$93.28
FY2018	$1.86	$105
FY2019	$46.93	$128
FY2020	$8.05	$145
FY2021	$3.10	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, DeKalb County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$848	$5,748
FY2022	$940	$5,221
FY2023	$1,108	$5,364
FY2024	$853	$5,501
FY2025	-$783	$5,732
FY2026	-$595

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, DeKalb County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$610	$298
FY2022	$874	$357
FY2023	$892	$301
FY2024	$726	$319
FY2025	$745	$360
FY2026	$406

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, DeKalb County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$67.62	$239
FY2022	$63.55	$185
FY2023	$72.90	$229
FY2024	$73.21	$229
FY2025	$72.84	$249
FY2026	$63.94

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, DeKalb County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$1.38	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$4.84	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, DeKalb County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$824	$1,186
FY2022	$243	$465
FY2023	$28.09	$76.52
FY2024	$180	$120
FY2025	$135	$148
FY2026	$52.77

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

DeKalb County, Alabama
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, DeKalb County, Alabama and the United States, by year
Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	1.8%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/01049

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

DeKalb County, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Robert B. AderholtR-AL-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area DeKalb County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Fort Payne, AL10Central county

Cities and towns in DeKalb County

Places whose residents live mostly in DeKalb County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/01049

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	−4.8%	−4.2%
2015	−2.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+3.3%
2018	+7.5%	+6.8%
2019	+9.9%	+10.5%
2020	+17.3%	+19.4%
2021	+25.3%	+26.1%
2022	+33.9%	+30.6%
2023	+41.1%	+35.0%
2024	+44.8%	+41.0%
2025	+50.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	−3.5%	−5.5%
2015	+2.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.0%	+4.1%
2018	+7.9%	+8.9%
2019	+10.4%	+13.5%
2020	+17.4%	+20.8%
2021	+34.8%	+32.1%
2022	+41.4%	+35.4%
2023	+42.4%	+42.9%
2024	+51.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	0.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	−2.4%	−6.9%
2015	+0.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.5%	+4.7%
2018	+6.4%	+7.5%
2019	+19.3%	+14.0%
2020	+27.0%	+16.9%
2021	+21.4%	+21.0%
2022	+34.8%	+29.7%
2023	+36.3%	+34.9%
2024	+45.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	−13.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−8.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+50.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+60.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+64.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+75.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+76.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	6.9%	6.2%
2015	6.1%	5.3%
2016	5.8%	4.9%
2017	4.5%	4.4%
2018	3.7%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	4.8%	8.1%
2021	2.5%	5.4%
2022	2.2%	3.7%
2023	2.2%	3.6%
2024	2.6%	4.0%
2025	2.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	24.0%	15.5%
2015	20.6%	14.7%
2016	20.5%	14.0%
2017	19.5%	13.4%
2018	21.3%	13.1%
2019	18.2%	12.3%
2020	15.2%	11.9%
2021	19.4%	12.8%
2022	18.7%	12.6%
2023	21.6%	12.5%
2024	21.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	20.9%	13.5%
2015	17.6%	10.9%
2016	16.6%	10.0%
2017	17.3%	10.2%
2018	18.8%	10.4%
2019	18.7%	10.8%
2020	19.0%	10.4%
2021	19.5%	10.2%
2022	15.2%	9.5%
2023	15.0%	9.5%
2024	14.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	DeKalb County, Alabama	United States
2014	3.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.0/1k	16.6/1k

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