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 · 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
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade24%
Construction19%
Food & accommodation17%
Other services7%
Health care7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,154
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $47.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+320
International migration+10
Natural change−401
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$423.0M2019
$424.5M2020
$468.4M2021
$531.3M2022
$587.6M2023
$650.4M2024
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 · 2016–2025
1582016
1652017
1752018
1852019
1952020
2212021
2572022
2732023
3052024
3132025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
62022
42023
92024
92025
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 · 2019–2023$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dade?
Dade's economy produced $650.4M in 2024, growing 10.7% year over year — faster 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.