County profile
Oglethorpe County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2385 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$517.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+16.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,104
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
182
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,415
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$75.0k±$7.5k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±3.4%
Poverty rate
11.6%±3.0%
Business applications
218 · 2025
Retail establishments
18
11.2/10k 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
Construction23%
Health care19%
Retail trade16%
Wholesale trade15%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,415
residents · 2025 · +10.4% since 2020
Income per capita $50.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,609
International migration+89
Natural change−151
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$300.4M2019
$259.6M2020
$331.8M2021
$453.7M2022
$443.9M2023
$517.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$231.6k±$17.1k
Median gross rent
$913/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±3.6%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$22.8M
80 units · 4.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 66Drought 63Ice storm 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1362016
1432017
1532018
1652019
1742020
1962021
2452022
2622023
2882024
2862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 4% since 2021772021
682022
1222023
1402024
802025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
36.8 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
18.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
218.1 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
23.8 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Oglethorpe?
Oglethorpe's economy produced $517.6M in 2024, growing 16.6% year over year — faster than 97% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.