County profile
Lowndes County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#575 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
41,979
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,872
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
122,867
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$58.5k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
27.9%±1.5%
Poverty rate
19.2%±2.0%
Business applications
2,011 · 2025
Retail establishments
512
41.8/10k 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
Health care26%
Food & accommodation23%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing12%
Transportation10%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
122,867
residents · 2025 · +3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $47.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,511
International migration+695
Natural change+2,154
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.4B2019
$5.4B2020
$6.0B2021
$6.4B2022
$6.7B2023
$7.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$215.6k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
10.4%±1.3%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$177.7M
804 units · 6.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Lightning 91Heat wave 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2992016
2972017
3052018
3212019
3312020
3662021
4302022
4542023
4792024
4932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 20211,4972021
1,2262022
8632023
8992024
8042025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.1 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
116.6 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
5.9 km
VALDOSTA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.9k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lowndes?
Lowndes's economy produced $7.1B in 2024, growing 6.0% 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.