County profile
Franklin County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1515 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+13.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,184
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
515
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,948
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$53.0k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
17.8%±2.4%
Poverty rate
19.5%±3.2%
Business applications
335 · 2025
Retail establishments
107
42.2/10k 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
Manufacturing23%
Food & accommodation20%
Retail trade18%
Health care14%
Transportation14%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,948
residents · 2025 · +10.5% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,305
International migration+192
Natural change−94
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$941.2M2019
$887.4M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$179.0k±$18.6k
Median gross rent
$844/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
17.5%±2.7%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$42.0M
142 units · 5.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 76Hurricane 69Earthquake 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1862016
1942017
2082018
2212019
2322020
2752021
3132022
3422023
3672024
3932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 20211422021
1722022
1822023
2152024
1422025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.6 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
11.1 km
HRT
Nearest port
163.6 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
48.2 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Franklin?
Franklin's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 13.9% year over year — faster than 96% 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.