County profile
Columbia County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#890 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,689
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,492
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
74,094
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$59.2k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.8%±1.9%
Poverty rate
16.7%±3.1%
Business applications
1,146 · 2025
Retail establishments
262
35.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
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 care34%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction15%
Transportation8%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
74,094
residents · 2025 · +6.2% since 2020
Income per capita $48.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,792
International migration+794
Natural change−1,472
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B2019
$2.5B2020
$2.7B2021
$3.1B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$194.9k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$976/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
9.5%±1.5%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$49.9M
182 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Hurricane 90Wildfire 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1292016
1322017
1412018
1512019
1592020
1802021
2142022
2372023
2472024
2622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 20212582021
2112022
1822023
1782024
1822025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
NS
Nearest port
91.9 km
USN AIR STN&YUKON FLA
Nearest commercial airport
68.3 km
GAINESVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Columbia?
Columbia's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 63% of 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.