County profile
Habersham County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1232 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+11.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,474
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
951
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
50,416
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$67.3k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
24.6%±1.9%
Poverty rate
14.1%±2.1%
Business applications
581 · 2025
Retail establishments
179
36.0/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation15%
Health care14%
Education6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
50,416
residents · 2025 · +9.3% since 2020
Income per capita $43.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,751
International migration+778
Natural change−255
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$238.3k±$11.9k
Median gross rent
$974/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
12.2%±1.9%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$114.9M
390 units · 7.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 77Ice storm 75Cold wave 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1592016
1732017
1782018
1942019
2032020
2312021
2742022
2942023
3182024
3322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -1% since 20213952021
5012022
2262023
2412024
3902025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
36.8 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
11.4 km
NS
Nearest port
125.1 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
78.1 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Habersham?
Habersham's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 11.0% year over year — faster than 93% 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.