County profile
Heard County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1514 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-11.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,071
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
120
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,149
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$65.9k±$12.9k
Bachelor's degree+
12.8%±2.9%
Poverty rate
17.9%±4.1%
Business applications
127 · 2025
Retail establishments
21
17.3/10k 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
Manufacturing56%
Retail trade12%
Construction10%
Health care8%
Admin & support8%
Utilities7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,149
residents · 2025 · +6.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+918
International migration−2
Natural change−228
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$186.8k±$18.8k
Median gross rent
$917/mo±$70/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±3.4%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$15.8M
54 units · 4.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
12.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 56Drought 54Tornado 52
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1822016
1922017
1862018
1982019
2152020
2412021
3102022
3192023
3392024
3892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 59% since 2021342021
392022
452023
702024
542025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.3 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
13.5 km
NS
Nearest port
157.5 km
GOLD KIST, GUNTERSVILLE FEED MILL DOCK(CORN)
Nearest commercial airport
75.2 km
HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.8k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Heard?
Heard's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, contracting 11.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.