U.S. Economic Stability by Location

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City Economic Stability Profile

Abbeville, AL

Abbeville, AL economic stability profile with standardized national metrics for side-by-side comparison.

/al/abbevilleUpdated February 16, 2026

Overview

Abbeville, AL economic stability profile with standardized national metrics for side-by-side comparison.

Economic Stability Score

These four signal scores explain how this location's Combined Score is constructed.

Employment Health

54/100

Derived from unemployment and labor force participation signals.

Income Stability

22/100

Derived from household income and poverty trend signals.

Industry Diversification

47/100

Derived from sector concentration and diversification signals.

Population Stability

83/100

Derived from migration balance and population change signals.

Key Drivers

Primary factors currently pushing this location's score higher or lower relative to peers.

  • 01Population Stability is currently the strongest signal category at 83/100, contributing the most relative stability.
  • 02Income Stability is currently the lowest signal category at 22/100 and is the main area limiting the Combined Score.
  • 03Prior-year Combined Score comparison is not available yet.
  • 04Trend direction is Improving based on multi-year signal movement rather than single-year changes.
  • 05Current as-of year is 2024 using methodology version v1.

Trend Direction

Improving

Trend Direction reflects multi-year signal movement and is intended to reduce one-year volatility noise.

What Changed This Year

Year-over-year change cannot be calculated yet because a prior snapshot is not available for comparison.

Employment Health

Current 54/100Prior N/AChange N/A

No prior-year comparison available yet.

Income Stability

Current 22/100Prior N/AChange N/A

No prior-year comparison available yet.

Industry Diversification

Current 47/100Prior N/AChange N/A

No prior-year comparison available yet.

Population Stability

Current 83/100Prior N/AChange N/A

No prior-year comparison available yet.

Multi-Year Trend

Recent historical Combined Score movement for this location, shown with national percentile context.

YearCombined ScoreNational PercentileTrend Direction
20245151thImproving

State Comparison

State Peer Position

66th percentile

Compared with all cities in AL.

Gap To State Median

+16 percentile points

Positive values indicate above-median economic stability within the state.

National Comparison

National percentile metrics show where this location ranks among same-level U.S. peers.

National Position

51th percentile

Compared with all U.S. cities.

Gap To U.S. Median

+1 percentile points

Computed against the national city distribution.

Methodology Summary

High-level scoring notes for interpretation. Full documentation and historical detail are expanded in later versions.

  • Combined Score is calculated from normalized metric percentiles across the four core economic stability signals.
  • Trend Direction is calculated from multi-year signal movement with positive and negative indicator handling.
  • Comparisons are always level-matched: state vs state, county vs county, and city vs city.
  • Current snapshot version is v1 with an as-of year of 2024.