County profile
Jackson County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#611 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
47,394
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,673
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
99,265
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$89.5k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
27.8%±1.7%
Poverty rate
7.3%±1.1%
Business applications
1,643 · 2025
Retail establishments
272
28.8/10k 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
Transportation49%
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade9%
Wholesale trade5%
Admin & support4%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
99,265
residents · 2025 · +29.3% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+20,027
International migration+991
Natural change+1,400
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.5B2019
$3.9B2020
$4.5B2021
$5.9B2022
$6.2B2023
$6.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$345.0k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
7.6%±1.3%
Affordability
7.2× wages
Residential permits
$626.8M
1,827 units · 18.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 75Tornado 69Earthquake 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1862016
1982017
2172018
2302019
2402020
2782021
3382022
3652023
3962024
4122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 3% since 20211,7822021
1,7302022
2,0602023
2,1142024
1,8272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.1 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
169.0 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
30.2 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $6.5B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.