County profile
Chattooga County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2094 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$735.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+11.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,462
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
319
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,300
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$50.3k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
12.0%±1.9%
Poverty rate
21.2%±2.9%
Business applications
212 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
29.7/10k 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
Manufacturing41%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation18%
Health care11%
Construction6%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,300
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $39.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+983
International migration+202
Natural change−830
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$589.6M2019
$539.8M2020
$593.1M2021
$672.2M2022
$660.4M2023
$735.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$115.6k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$100/mo
Vacancy rate
15.9%±2.7%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$506.4k
2 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 85Landslide 71Earthquake 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1282016
1352017
1502018
1582019
1662020
1862021
2352022
2512023
2522024
2902025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
22022
12023
22024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.3 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
CCKY
Nearest port
58.2 km
SMURFIT WETSROCK STEVENSON AL
Nearest commercial airport
63.7 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chattooga?
Chattooga's economy produced $735.7M in 2024, growing 11.4% year over year — faster than 94% 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.