County profile
Decatur County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1557 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,687
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
626
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,432
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$53.3k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.1%±2.7%
Poverty rate
22.0%±4.3%
Business applications
408 · 2025
Retail establishments
121
41.1/10k 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%
Food & accommodation22%
Health care17%
Admin & support5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,432
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $47.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+133
International migration+108
Natural change−237
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$855.0M2019
$896.9M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.8k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$838/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
19.6%±3.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$20.3M
135 units · 4.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Lightning 87Tornado 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1782016
1742017
1792018
1922019
2012020
2192021
2532022
2932023
2882024
2902025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -5% since 20211422021
1102022
1272023
1382024
1352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
87.8 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
57.8 km
TALLAHASSEE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.2k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Decatur?
Decatur's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 9.7% year over year — faster than 90% 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.