County profile
Lincoln County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2922 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$182.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
884
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
162
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,112
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$56.9k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
15.5%±3.0%
Poverty rate
17.0%±5.6%
Business applications
112 · 2025
Retail establishments
25
31.2/10k 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
Retail trade27%
Agriculture18%
Food & accommodation16%
Other services15%
Construction14%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,112
residents · 2025 · +5.3% since 2020
Income per capita $49.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+573
International migration+29
Natural change−198
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$139.5M2019
$149.2M2020
$154.3M2021
$164.9M2022
$177.1M2023
$182.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$165.9k±$32.5k
Median gross rent
$786/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
33.8%±3.9%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$20.4M
55 units · 6.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
5.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$995/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 63Hurricane 55Earthquake 45
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1542016
1542017
1752018
1822019
1942020
2042021
2452022
2472023
2732024
3392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -33% since 2021822021
822022
722023
782024
552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.3 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
18.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
218.6 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
65.2 km
AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.8k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $182.7M in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of 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.