County profile
Brooks County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2220 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$644.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,290
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
232
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,101
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$46.8k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±2.9%
Poverty rate
25.4%±4.5%
Business applications
262 · 2025
Retail establishments
38
23.3/10k 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
Health care31%
Other services28%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing11%
Food & accommodation7%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,101
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $43.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+61
International migration+239
Natural change−463
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$432.2M2019
$511.6M2020
$573.9M2021
$646.9M2022
$644.2M2023
$644.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$139.2k±$31.4k
Median gross rent
$809/mo±$108/mo
Vacancy rate
17.7%±3.4%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$17.2M
58 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Hurricane 86Tornado 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1262016
1132017
1312018
1392019
1392020
1512021
1672022
1822023
2292024
2492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
372022
292023
392024
582025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.1 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
3.9 km
GFRR
Nearest port
96.2 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
29.8 km
VALDOSTA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brooks?
Brooks's economy produced $644.7M in 2024, growing 0.1% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.