County profile
Houston County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#443 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
44,134
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,832
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
178,214
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$80.7k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
32.5%±1.9%
Poverty rate
11.1%±1.3%
Business applications
3,023 · 2025
Retail establishments
555
31.7/10k 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 trade24%
Food & accommodation23%
Health care21%
Manufacturing16%
Professional services11%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
178,214
residents · 2025 · +8.5% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,996
International migration+1,820
Natural change+2,098
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$7.4B2019
$7.6B2020
$8.2B2021
$8.8B2022
$9.5B2023
$9.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.8k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
8.6%±1.1%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$217.1M
1,218 units · 6.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 92Lightning 86Hurricane 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2752016
2882017
3042018
3142019
3292020
3622021
4332022
4842023
5022024
5322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 20211,3892021
2,3522022
1,6962023
1,5262024
1,2182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.4 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
4.3 km
NS
Nearest port
238.4 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
26.0 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.1k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Houston?
Houston's economy produced $9.9B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.