County profile
DeKalb County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#101 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$59.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
298,747
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
18,258
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$72.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
774,394
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$80.6k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
47.4%±0.8%
Poverty rate
13.7%±0.7%
Business applications
20,941 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,187
28.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Volato Group, Inc.Industrials$78.6M43D2MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.Financial Services———3Entertainment Arts Research, Inc.Consumer Defensive———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
Health care30%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services14%
Education13%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
774,394
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $71.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−43,273
International migration+32,545
Natural change+21,144
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$43.5B2019
$43.5B2020
$47.7B2021
$52.7B2022
$56.9B2023
$59.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$357.8k±$4.2k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$12/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±0.6%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$420.5M
1,321 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
94.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 99Hail 98Tornado 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4972016
5322017
5752018
5992019
6152020
6782021
7922022
8362023
8632024
8692025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -54% since 20212,8622021
2,4682022
2,2762023
1,2382024
1,3212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-285
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
172.1 km
Chattanooga, TN
Nearest commercial airport
23.8 km
HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR10 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$72.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of DeKalb?
DeKalb's economy produced $59.3B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.