Birmingham, AL
Retail · primary market · Birmingham, AL · population 1,181,432
Score
+0.15 Flat
Public data alone: +0.15. No firm read has been written for this market, so the score is the public data and nothing else.
Macro economic
−0.12Flat40% of the scoreunemployment rate (3.7%) and house price index change (+3.4% YoY) lead the read; average hourly earnings growth (+0.6% YoY) and labor force growth (−0.7% YoY) pull against them. 1 other sits near neutral. All 5 indicators reported.
Show the 5 indicators behind this
| Indicator | Published | Scored | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average hourly earnings growth (YoY) | +0.6% YoY | −0.79 | 2026-07-01 | fred · SMU01138200500000003 |
| House price index change (YoY) | +3.4% YoY | +0.18 | 2026-04-01 | fred · ATNHPIUS13820Q |
| Job growth (total nonfarm, YoY) | +0.6% YoY | +0.03 | 2026-07-01 | fred · BIRM801NA |
| Labor force growth (YoY) | −0.7% YoY | −0.60 | 2026-06-01 | fred · BIRM801LFN |
| Unemployment rate (level and direction) | 3.7% | +0.53 | 2026-06-01 | fred · BIRM801URN |
Published is the figure the source released; scored is that figure mapped onto the −1 to +1 scale by market-thresholds.json. Dates differ because the sources publish on different schedules — employment monthly, home prices quarterly, census structure annually.
Retail specific
+0.47Expanding35% of the scoreNothing that reported is negative. leisure & hospitality employment growth (+6.2% YoY) and household count growth (+7.4% YoY) are the strongest inputs. 2 others sit near neutral. All 4 indicators reported.
Show the 4 indicators behind this
| Indicator | Published | Scored | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household count growth (YoY) | +7.4% YoY | +1.00 | 2023-12-31 | census · B11001_001E |
| Leisure & hospitality employment growth | +6.2% YoY | +1.00 | 2026-07-01 | fred · BIRM801LEIH |
| Median household income growth (YoY) | +1.9% YoY | −0.03 | 2023-12-31 | census · B19013_001E |
| Retail trade employment growth | +0.6% YoY | +0.10 | 2026-07-01 | fred · SMU01138204200000001SA |
Published is the figure the source released; scored is that figure mapped onto the −1 to +1 scale by market-thresholds.json. Dates differ because the sources publish on different schedules — employment monthly, home prices quarterly, census structure annually.
Your read
—25% of the scoreNothing is written for this market yet, so the score above is the public data and nothing else. A read of your own is for the SPECIFIC, CHECKABLE events that move a market before they reach a government series — a fabricator breaking ground, a port expansion, a rail spur, an entitlement that just cleared, a single tenant taking a million feet.
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