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Ben Hill

United States · GDP 2024
#2011 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$820.8M
GDP growth
+3.6%
Jobs tracked
4,552
Employers
300
Avg. wage
$42.7k
Population
17,099
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$41.8k±$3.4k
Business applications
236 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1CBC Holding CompanyFinancial Services$6.9k——2Colony Bankcorp, Inc.Financial Services———

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
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade18%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation9%
Admin & support7%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,099
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $45.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+112
International migration+81
Natural change−264

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$549.7M
2019
$575.2M
2020
$645.2M
2021
$727.6M
2022
$792.3M
2023
$820.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$112.7k±$11.0k
Median gross rent
$688/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
13.0%±3.3%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
17 (1.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
25.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 77Tornado 65Drought 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
155
2016
162
2017
188
2018
166
2019
176
2020
199
2021
225
2022
234
2023
274
2024
238
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
36.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
5.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
169.6 km
GEORGIA POWER CO MCMANUS ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OIL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
95.5 km
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

5 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KColony Bankcorp, Inc.06-24
8-KColony Bankcorp, Inc.05-22
10-QColony Bankcorp, Inc.05-08
8-KColony Bankcorp, Inc.04-22
DEF 14AColony Bankcorp, Inc.04-16
10-KColony Bankcorp, Inc.03-13
8-KColony Bankcorp, Inc.01-28
8-KColony Bankcorp, Inc.12-22
8-KColony Bankcorp, Inc.12-01
8-KColony Bankcorp, Inc.11-17
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.7k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hardeman$820.8MDrew$819.1MSan Juan$823.0MHancock$824.4MPike$824.6MBienville$824.6M
The read

Ben Hill's economy produced $820.8M 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.
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