County profile
Macon County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2254 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$615.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,948
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
172
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,756
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$41.0k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
11.0%±1.9%
Poverty rate
25.1%±5.0%
Business applications
138 · 2025
Retail establishments
42
35.4/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Health care26%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation8%
Transportation7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,756
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $46.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−151
International migration+129
Natural change−237
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$419.2M2019
$389.2M2020
$474.4M2021
$608.7M2022
$559.6M2023
$615.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.3k±$15.3k
Median gross rent
$655/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
19.3%±3.5%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$3.1M
14 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 92Hurricane 80Hail 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1582017
1472018
1382019
1652020
1912021
2332022
3342023
2872024
3452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 8% since 2021132021
142022
132023
132024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.7 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
3.6 km
NS
Nearest port
244.7 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
52.4 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Macon?
Macon's economy produced $615.5M in 2024, growing 10.0% year over year — faster than 91% 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.