Places/GA/Brantley County, GA
County profile

Brantley County, GA

United States · GDP 2024
#2591 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$371.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,590
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
224
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,936
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$58.2k±$10.0k
Bachelor's degree+
14.5%±3.6%
Poverty rate
17.1%±3.9%
Business applications
229 · 2025
Retail establishments
39
20.9/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade28%
Construction19%
Manufacturing16%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
18,936
residents · 2025 · +4.9% since 2020
Income per capita $38.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,084
International migration+69
Natural change272

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$266.5M
2019
$285.9M
2020
$319.7M
2021
$372.1M
2022
$364.5M
2023
$371.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$99.6k±$19.3k
Median gross rent
$755/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
20.5%±4.7%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$10.3M
77 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 83Wildfire 68Earthquake 42
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
91
2016
95
2017
100
2018
98
2019
101
2020
105
2021
122
2022
143
2023
129
2024
149
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
15% since 2021
67
2021
53
2022
51
2023
63
2024
77
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.8 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
40.9 km
GEORGIA POWER CO MCMANUS ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OIL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
49.4 km
BRUNSWICK GOLDEN ISLES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$44.4k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Brantley?

Brantley's economy produced $371.8M in 2024, growing 2.0% year over yearslower than 71% 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.