County profile
Atkinson County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2605 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$362.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,244
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
94
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,454
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$42.3k±$9.0k
Bachelor's degree+
8.9%±2.9%
Poverty rate
25.0%±5.5%
Business applications
113 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
31.8/10k 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
Manufacturing47%
Construction22%
Retail trade13%
Transportation9%
Finance & insurance4%
Health care4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,454
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $40.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−296
International migration+284
Natural change+151
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$249.0M2019
$252.9M2020
$302.9M2021
$339.0M2022
$349.8M2023
$362.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$79.0k±$22.5k
Median gross rent
$657/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±3.7%
Affordability
1.7× wages
Residential permits
$2.1M
18 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
7.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 78Drought 56Wildfire 43
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 20% since 2021152021
62022
222023
182024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
56.0 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
3.9 km
SMW
Nearest port
126.6 km
GEORGIA POWER CO MCMANUS ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OIL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
68.7 km
VALDOSTA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.9k
avg. annual pay · +5% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Atkinson?
Atkinson's economy produced $362.3M in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.