County profile
Clarke County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#415 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$10.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
52,648
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,307
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
129,921
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$53.6k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
47.4%
Poverty rate
26.0%±1.7%
Business applications
1,822 · 2025
Retail establishments
519
39.7/10k 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
Health care30%
Food & accommodation22%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing15%
Wholesale trade7%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
129,921
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $46.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,438
International migration+3,681
Natural change+2,120
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.3B2019
$8.1B2020
$8.8B2021
$9.5B2022
$10.4B2023
$10.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$298.9k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
6.0%±0.8%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$121.6M
748 units · 5.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 84Earthquake 83Lightning 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5542016
5962017
6462018
6972019
7382020
8382021
10102022
11392023
11702024
12342025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -36% since 20211,1662021
1,7752022
4062023
1,1722024
7482025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.9 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
ABR
Nearest port
196.5 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
3.6 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.9k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clarke?
Clarke's economy produced $10.8B in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.