Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
HomeScreenerChatCompanies
Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
Places/GA/Chatham
County profile

Chatham

United States · GDP 2024
#205 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$28.5B
GDP growth
+5.0%
Jobs tracked
153,824
Employers
9,037
Avg. wage
$59.1k
Population
311,855
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$71.1k±$1.9k
Business applications
6,251 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Citi Trends, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$820.0M53D2Hawkeye Systems, Inc.Industrials$011D

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
Food & accommodation21%
Health care19%
Transportation18%
Retail trade17%
Manufacturing15%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
311,855
residents · 2025 · +5.7% since 2020
Income per capita $63.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,796
International migration+8,774
Natural change+2,767

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$20.3B
2019
$20.3B
2020
$23.0B
2021
$25.2B
2022
$27.1B
2023
$28.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$302.7k±$9.8k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
12.5%±0.9%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
4,426 (14.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
97.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 99Coastal flooding 96Lightning 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
504
2016
524
2017
558
2018
588
2019
612
2020
684
2021
840
2022
967
2023
1019
2024
1043
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.3 km
I-516
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
8.2 km
Palmer Johnson Savannah, Thunderbolt Basin.
Nearest commercial airport
15.2 km
SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):49,238,007 short tons/yr · Port of Savannah, GA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

11 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KHawkeye Systems, Inc.06-26
8-KHawkeye Systems, Inc.06-23
8-KCiti Trends, Inc.06-12
10-QCiti Trends, Inc.06-10
8-KHawkeye Systems, Inc.06-05
8-KCiti Trends, Inc.06-02
8-KCiti Trends, Inc.05-27
10-QHawkeye Systems, Inc.05-13
8-KHawkeye Systems, Inc.05-04
DEF 14ACiti Trends, Inc.05-01
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Larimer$28.5BYork$28.4BLancaster$28.8BFayette$28.9BDauphin$28.9BNueces$27.9B
The read

Chatham's economy produced $28.5B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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.
HomeScreenerChatCompanies