Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
HomeScreenerChatCompanies
Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
Places/GA/Dawson
County profile

Dawson

United States · GDP 2024
#1490 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
GDP growth
+13.8%
Jobs tracked
10,069
Employers
921
Avg. wage
$40.3k
Population
35,365
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$93.0k±$6.6k
Business applications
593 · 2025

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
Retail trade41%
Food & accommodation26%
Manufacturing11%
Health care10%
Other services6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
35,365
residents · 2025 · +30.7% since 2020
Income per capita $64.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,736
International migration+220
Natural change+284

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$945.5M
2019
$917.5M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$406.7k±$19.9k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$141/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±2.2%
Affordability
10.1× wages
Residential permits
1,069 (30.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
21.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 68Landslide 66Tornado 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
211
2016
223
2017
244
2018
260
2019
270
2020
306
2021
383
2022
410
2023
441
2024
444
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.6 km
I-575
Nearest freight rail
15.6 km
GNRR
Nearest port
108.8 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
92.9 km
HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$40.3k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Malheur$1.6BPike$1.6BClare$1.5BInyo$1.6BGunnison$1.6BJay$1.5B
The read

Dawson's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 13.8% year over year — faster than 96% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.
HomeScreenerChatCompanies