County profile
Chatham County, GA
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
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
153,824
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
9,037
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
311,855
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$71.1k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
37.7%±1.2%
Poverty rate
14.3%±0.8%
Business applications
6,251 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,398
45.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Citi Trends, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$820.0M53D2Hawkeye Systems, Inc.Financial Services$011DHQ-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
$20.3B2019
$20.3B2020
$23.0B2021
$25.2B2022
$27.1B2023
$28.5B2024
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
$902.1M
4,426 units · 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
5042016
5242017
5582018
5882019
6122020
6842021
8402022
9672023
10192024
10432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 132% since 20211,9042021
2,0602022
1,6722023
2,6912024
4,4262025
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) (CY2023):49,238,007 short tons/yr · Port of Savannah, GA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR9 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chatham?
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.