County profile
Emanuel County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1848 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$995.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,792
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
413
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,147
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$52.8k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
13.5%±2.3%
Poverty rate
25.7%±3.6%
Business applications
341 · 2025
Retail establishments
81
34.9/10k 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
Manufacturing43%
Health care22%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation5%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,147
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $43.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+366
International migration+105
Natural change−231
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$705.6M2019
$729.1M2020
$783.5M2021
$881.4M2022
$958.2M2023
$995.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.7k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$783/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
17.2%±3.3%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$9.8M
49 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 84Drought 77Earthquake 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1552016
1522017
1632018
1632019
1702020
1762021
2022022
2122023
2442024
2602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 48% since 2021332021
372022
892023
822024
492025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.2 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
HOG
Nearest port
117.8 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
92.4 km
AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Emanuel?
Emanuel's economy produced $995.8M in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.