County profile
Burke County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#815 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+14.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,283
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
382
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$88.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
24,408
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$53.0k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.5%±2.9%
Poverty rate
18.3%±3.5%
Business applications
365 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
28.7/10k 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
Construction30%
Utilities21%
Retail trade16%
Health care13%
Wholesale trade12%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,408
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $44.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3
International migration+5
Natural change−223
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.2B2019
$3.4B2020
$3.5B2021
$3.7B2022
$3.5B2023
$3.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.6k±$25.1k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
18.7%±3.5%
Affordability
1.7× wages
Residential permits
$25.1M
100 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 81Drought 81Earthquake 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1762016
1922017
2002018
2072019
2162020
2472021
2902022
3262023
2922024
3172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 45% since 2021692021
742022
622023
642024
1002025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.8 km
I-520
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
NS
Nearest port
128.0 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
34.5 km
AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$88.4k
avg. annual pay · -3% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Burke?
Burke's economy produced $3.9B in 2024, growing 14.0% year over year — faster than 96% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.