County profile
Berrien County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2341 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 4% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$553.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,904
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
253
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,932
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$52.9k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±2.3%
Poverty rate
20.6%±3.2%
Business applications
245 · 2025
Retail establishments
56
29.8/10k 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
Manufacturing55%
Retail trade16%
Health care10%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade5%
Finance & insurance5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,932
residents · 2025 · +4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $43.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+853
International migration+22
Natural change−110
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$443.1M2019
$413.3M2020
$441.0M2021
$509.1M2022
$535.6M2023
$553.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$131.6k±$23.7k
Median gross rent
$782/mo±$93/mo
Vacancy rate
13.0%±2.5%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$34.3M
115 units · 6.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 87Drought 60Lightning 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1372017
1442018
1472019
1552020
1712021
1912022
2262023
2312024
2672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 238% since 2021342021
452022
242023
1352024
1152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.9 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
7.4 km
CPR
Nearest port
154.9 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
55.2 km
VALDOSTA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.3k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Berrien?
Berrien's economy produced $553.2M in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 62% of 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.