County profile
Echols County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#3092 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$53.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
236
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
34
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,685
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$59.5k±$12.9k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±5.3%
Poverty rate
14.2%±6.5%
Business applications
42 · 2025
Retail establishments
4
10.8/10k 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
Transportation47%
Construction28%
Agriculture19%
Retail trade5%
share of top-4 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,685
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $36.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−160
International migration+93
Natural change+32
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$45.2M2019
$46.4M2020
$48.5M2021
$50.3M2022
$51.3M2023
$53.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$124.1k±$48.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$227/mo
Vacancy rate
15.5%±6.1%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
4 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
0.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 63Wildfire 30Drought 30
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 202132021
52022
282023
32024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.9 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
12.8 km
NS
Nearest port
124.9 km
Gate Concrete Products Co., Barge Slips.
Nearest commercial airport
37.5 km
VALDOSTA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Echols?
Echols's economy produced $53.9M in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.