County profile
Suwannee County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#1233 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 50% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,268
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
755
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
48,149
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$56.7k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±2.0%
Poverty rate
15.0%±2.3%
Business applications
702 · 2025
Retail establishments
137
28.7/10k 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
Retail trade30%
Manufacturing23%
Food & accommodation16%
Health care16%
Construction10%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
48,149
residents · 2025 · +10.6% since 2020
Income per capita $44.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,331
International migration+633
Natural change−1,468
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.6k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$884/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
16.0%±2.5%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$33.0M
136 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
71.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 93Lightning 83Wildfire 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1732016
1852017
1912018
2112019
2132020
2532021
2972022
3302023
3502024
3392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -6% since 20211442021
1632022
1422023
1362024
1362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
10.3 km
FGA
Nearest port
116.0 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
70.5 km
VALDOSTA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Suwannee?
Suwannee's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 10.3% year over year — faster than 91% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.