County profile
Laurens County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1053 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,684
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,106
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
51,041
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$55.0k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
19.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
22.6%±2.3%
Business applications
802 · 2025
Retail establishments
230
45.5/10k 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
Health care25%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,041
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $48.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,247
International migration+602
Natural change−375
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.5k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$863/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
15.7%±1.8%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$15.8M
102 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 85Heat wave 80Hurricane 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1692016
1722017
1842018
1882019
1892020
2082021
2462022
2532023
2642024
2782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 500% since 2021172021
252022
322023
532024
1022025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.5 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
7.3 km
GC
Nearest port
169.5 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
72.8 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Laurens?
Laurens's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 6.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.