County profile
Charlton County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2725 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$288.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,413
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
148
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,121
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$14.8k
Bachelor's degree+
12.3%±3.2%
Poverty rate
18.1%±4.3%
Business applications
116 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
25.3/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation22%
Wholesale trade11%
Professional services8%
Agriculture7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,121
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $34.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+839
International migration−13
Natural change−216
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$205.5M2019
$209.2M2020
$230.2M2021
$262.7M2022
$289.4M2023
$288.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.8k±$34.7k
Median gross rent
$540/mo±$386/mo · low reliability
Vacancy rate
11.4%±3.2%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$12.2M
41 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 88Wildfire 72Heat wave 46
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2020–2025
1002020
992021
1202022
1442023
1272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 28% since 2021322021
772022
802023
512024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.5 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
12.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
56.6 km
ST MARYS FERRY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
53.6 km
JACKSONVILLE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.8k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Charlton?
Charlton's economy produced $288.6M in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% 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.