County profile
Butts County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1803 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,489
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
441
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,218
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$69.2k±$7.9k
Bachelor's degree+
14.4%±2.4%
Poverty rate
10.4%±2.9%
Business applications
444 · 2025
Retail establishments
80
29.5/10k 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
Transportation31%
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction7%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,218
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $46.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,864
International migration+70
Natural change−264
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$711.3M2019
$741.3M2020
$824.8M2021
$961.8M2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$240.6k±$12.7k
Median gross rent
$941/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
8.0%±2.4%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$25.1M
85 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 78Drought 54Earthquake 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1672016
1792017
1912018
2042019
2152020
2482021
3062022
3392023
3612024
3502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -52% since 20211762021
902022
762023
602024
852025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
NS
Nearest port
230.8 km
Chattanooga, TN
Nearest commercial airport
58.5 km
HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Butts?
Butts's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, contracting 3.4% year over year — slower than 88% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.