County profile
Meriwether County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1909 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$913.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,152
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
318
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,516
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$57.3k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
18.9%±3.8%
Business applications
316 · 2025
Retail establishments
82
38.4/10k 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
Health care29%
Retail trade25%
Construction20%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation9%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,516
residents · 2025 · +4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $49.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,368
International migration+31
Natural change−501
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$634.9M2019
$617.5M2020
$700.2M2021
$779.9M2022
$837.6M2023
$913.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.8k±$17.1k
Median gross rent
$920/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±2.6%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$31.6M
117 units · 5.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 64Hurricane 54Earthquake 50
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1502016
1552017
1662018
1742019
1792020
2022021
2472022
2692023
2752024
3082025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 2% since 20211152021
4252022
2552023
1382024
1172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.2 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
11.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
206.2 km
GOLD KIST, GUNTERSVILLE FEED MILL DOCK(CORN)
Nearest commercial airport
62.9 km
COLUMBUS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Meriwether?
Meriwether's economy produced $913.1M in 2024, growing 9.0% 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.