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Effingham

United States · GDP 2024
#974 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
GDP growth
+0.2%
Jobs tracked
10,876
Employers
987
Avg. wage
$52.2k
Population
74,397
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$88.4k±$5.0k
Business applications
1,163 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1FonU2, Inc.Communication Services$18.6k——

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
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade20%
Health care16%
Transportation15%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
74,397
residents · 2025 · +14.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,632
International migration+374
Natural change+1,105

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B
2019
$2.2B
2020
$2.5B
2021
$2.8B
2022
$3.0B
2023
$3.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$276.0k±$9.6k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
6.4%±1.3%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
212 (2.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
59.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Heat wave 77Earthquake 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
198
2016
206
2017
220
2018
231
2019
239
2020
263
2021
320
2022
360
2023
389
2024
400
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.9 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
NS
Nearest port
29.3 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
29.7 km
SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KFonU2, Inc.04-05
10-KFonU2, Inc.03-31
8-KFonU2, Inc.02-01
8-KFonU2, Inc.01-20
8-KFonU2, Inc.01-15
8-KFonU2, Inc.01-08
8-KFonU2, Inc.12-18
8-KFonU2, Inc.12-11
8-KFonU2, Inc.12-04
8-KFonU2, Inc.11-25
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Washington$3.0BPulaski$3.0BJefferson$3.0BSomerset$3.0BHenry + Martinsville$3.0BOldham$3.0B
The read

Effingham's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 0.2% year over year — slower than 79% 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.
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