County profile
Appling County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1208 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,773
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
389
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,100
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$46.7k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
11.2%±2.4%
Poverty rate
22.5%±4.2%
Business applications
263 · 2025
Retail establishments
73
38.9/10k 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
Utilities23%
Retail trade21%
Health care18%
Manufacturing15%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,100
residents · 2025 · +3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $50.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+536
International migration+295
Natural change−104
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.7B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$76.7k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$739/mo±$94/mo
Vacancy rate
16.2%±3.5%
Affordability
1.2× wages
Residential permits
$2.3M
21 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Drought 76Cold wave 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1622016
1472017
1452018
1742019
1672020
1922021
2112022
2552023
2692024
2442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 320% since 202152021
02022
22023
172024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
70.5 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
NS
Nearest port
91.7 km
GEORGIA POWER CO MCMANUS ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OIL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
95.0 km
BRUNSWICK GOLDEN ISLES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$63.3k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Appling?
Appling's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, contracting 3.5% year over year — slower than 88% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is utilities.
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.