County profile
Dougherty County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#622 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
36,524
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,220
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
82,616
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$49.0k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
22.8%±1.7%
Poverty rate
25.0%±2.0%
Business applications
1,657 · 2025
Retail establishments
431
52.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Community Capital Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$12.7M52DHQ-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 trade23%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing13%
Wholesale trade8%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
82,616
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $50.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,004
International migration+641
Natural change−3
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.7B2019
$4.8B2020
$5.3B2021
$5.7B2022
$6.0B2023
$6.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$134.4k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$935/mo±$23/mo
Vacancy rate
15.7%±1.6%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$9.5M
32 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 92Hurricane 89Tornado 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2582016
2632017
2722018
2792019
2902020
3192021
3672022
3902023
4152024
4272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 28% since 2021252021
562022
372023
452024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
57.3 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
HAL
Nearest port
152.7 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
2.1 km
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dougherty?
Dougherty's economy produced $6.3B in 2024, growing 5.0% 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.