County profile
Jefferson County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2103 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$728.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,046
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
326
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,011
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$53.0k±$7.1k
Bachelor's degree+
13.5%±2.6%
Poverty rate
16.9%±4.1%
Business applications
238 · 2025
Retail establishments
67
44.2/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade25%
Health care13%
Mining & energy12%
Food & accommodation10%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,011
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $47.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−326
International migration+98
Natural change−435
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$549.5M2019
$585.3M2020
$666.8M2021
$696.2M2022
$708.4M2023
$728.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$105.4k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$731/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
19.8%±3.4%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$18.1M
24 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 88Hurricane 76Earthquake 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1382016
1432017
1452018
1582019
1692020
1752021
2192022
2622023
2472024
2522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 700% since 202132021
32022
172023
232024
242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.1 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
13.6 km
NS
Nearest port
154.7 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
54.9 km
AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $728.9M in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% 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.