County profile
Gilmer County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1552 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,742
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
707
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,894
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$74.5k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±2.7%
Poverty rate
16.0%±3.2%
Business applications
504 · 2025
Retail establishments
113
33.7/10k 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
Retail trade27%
Manufacturing24%
Food & accommodation22%
Health care12%
Construction8%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,894
residents · 2025 · +7.9% since 2020
Income per capita $51.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,859
International migration+277
Natural change−651
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$893.2M2019
$840.5M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$314.0k±$23.7k
Median gross rent
$998/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
29.7%±2.8%
Affordability
7.3× wages
Residential permits
$31.4M
212 units · 6.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Cold wave 81Lightning 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1682016
1832017
1912018
2092019
2212020
2612021
3282022
3432023
3632024
3852025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -49% since 20214142021
4382022
3742023
982024
2122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.5 km
I-575
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
GNRR
Nearest port
72.6 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
78.2 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.7k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Gilmer?
Gilmer's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 12.6% year over year — faster than 95% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.