County profile
Clayton County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#216 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$26.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
80,953
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,115
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$73.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
297,471
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$59.8k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.5%±1.2%
Poverty rate
17.9%±1.3%
Business applications
8,474 · 2025
Retail establishments
712
24.0/10k 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
Transportation33%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care12%
Admin & support11%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
297,471
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $37.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−13,951
International migration+6,152
Natural change+5,803
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$19.7B2019
$14.9B2020
$17.1B2021
$21.5B2022
$26.0B2023
$26.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$222.3k±$4.3k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±0.8%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$181.9M
793 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
86.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 96Hail 93Lightning 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2082016
2322017
2692018
3012019
3202020
3862021
4912022
5392023
5512024
5382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20219292021
3682022
3482023
9302024
7932025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.0 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
NS
Nearest port
188.0 km
Chattanooga, TN
Nearest commercial airport
12.3 km
HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$73.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Clayton?
Clayton's economy produced $26.3B in 2024, growing 0.9% year over year — slower than 76% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.