County profile
Murray County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1334 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,488
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
430
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
41,607
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$69.3k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.0%±2.3%
Poverty rate
14.4%±2.4%
Business applications
327 · 2025
Retail establishments
93
22.5/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Retail trade18%
Wholesale trade14%
Food & accommodation11%
Health care9%
Mining & energy7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
41,607
residents · 2025 · +4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $41.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,663
International migration+236
Natural change−331
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$180.7k±$15.8k
Median gross rent
$857/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
6.1%±1.7%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$35.6M
141 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 80Cold wave 78Tornado 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1662016
1832017
1942018
2052019
2132020
2422021
2962022
3112023
3262024
3432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 139% since 2021592021
1092022
1342023
1412024
1412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.1 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
54.1 km
U S COAST GUARD, CHATTANOOOGA MOORINGS
Nearest commercial airport
49.7 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Murray?
Murray's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% 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.