County profile
Dawson County, GA
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
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+13.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,069
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
921
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
35,365
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$93.0k±$6.6k
Bachelor's degree+
36.4%±3.3%
Poverty rate
8.5%±2.8%
Business applications
593 · 2025
Retail establishments
211
62.2/10k 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
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
$945.5M2019
$917.5M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.6B2024
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
$232.1M
1,069 units · 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
2112016
2232017
2442018
2602019
2702020
3062021
3832022
4102023
4412024
4442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 84% since 20215812021
5492022
4852023
8872024
1,0692025
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
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Dawson?
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.