County profile
Rabun County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1980 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$851.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,271
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
535
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,764
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$67.5k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
31.3%±3.0%
Poverty rate
13.1%±2.6%
Business applications
229 · 2025
Retail establishments
87
49.2/10k 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
Retail trade33%
Food & accommodation28%
Health care12%
Construction10%
Manufacturing9%
Education8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,764
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $58.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,150
International migration+281
Natural change−600
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$604.6M2019
$586.9M2020
$688.3M2021
$745.3M2022
$805.0M2023
$851.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$295.2k±$16.2k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$113/mo
Vacancy rate
37.9%±2.7%
Affordability
7.4× wages
Residential permits
$104.1M
128 units · 7.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Lightning 81Cold wave 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1402016
1472017
1622018
1682019
1822020
2092021
2642022
2892023
3032024
3002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 20211812021
1512022
1672023
1462024
1282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.6 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
33.1 km
NS
Nearest port
109.2 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
94.7 km
DONALDSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rabun?
Rabun's economy produced $851.9M in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.