Places/GA/Dade County, GA
County profile

Dade County, GA

United States · GDP 2024
#2215 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$650.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,927
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
237
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,154
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$64.6k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.4%±3.0%
Poverty rate
8.2%±2.4%
Business applications
168 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
43.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade24%
Construction19%
Food & accommodation17%
Other services7%
Health care7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
16,154
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $47.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+320
International migration+10
Natural change401

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$423.0M
2019
$424.5M
2020
$468.4M
2021
$531.3M
2022
$587.6M
2023
$650.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.5k±$32.8k
Median gross rent
$829/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
18.1%±3.5%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$2.0M
9 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 74Landslide 70Cold wave 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
158
2016
165
2017
175
2018
185
2019
195
2020
221
2021
257
2022
273
2023
305
2024
313
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
0
2021
6
2022
4
2023
9
2024
9
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.5 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
NS
Nearest port
20.2 km
Serodino, Hales Bar Shipyard Pier.
Nearest commercial airport
33.9 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Dade?

Dade's economy produced $650.4M in 2024, growing 10.7% year over yearfaster than 92% 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.