County profile
Hancock County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2897 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$202.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
677
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
71
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,682
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$40.1k±$9.1k
Bachelor's degree+
10.3%±3.3%
Poverty rate
30.6%±8.2%
Business applications
111 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
25.2/10k 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
Manufacturing30%
Health care28%
Retail trade18%
Construction15%
Food & accommodation6%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,682
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $39.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+348
International migration+8
Natural change−403
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$175.7M2019
$186.3M2020
$185.9M2021
$188.1M2022
$203.4M2023
$202.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$88.6k±$15.1k
Median gross rent
$938/mo±$250/mo
Vacancy rate
41.2%±5.6%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$7.2M
24 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
11.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 62Drought 60Wildfire 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1092016
1122017
1192018
1222019
1322020
1612021
1832022
2022023
2182024
2242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 2021312021
252022
262023
282024
242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.0 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
212.6 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
81.2 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hancock?
Hancock's economy produced $202.1M in 2024, contracting 0.7% year over year — slower than 82% 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.