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Rabun

United States · GDP 2024
#1980 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$851.9M
GDP growth
+5.8%
Jobs tracked
5,271
Employers
535
Avg. wage
$39.6k
Population
17,764
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$67.5k±$4.6k
Business applications
229 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$604.6M
2019
$586.9M
2020
$688.3M
2021
$745.3M
2022
$805.0M
2023
$851.9M
2024

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
128 (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
140
2016
147
2017
162
2018
168
2019
182
2020
209
2021
264
2022
289
2023
303
2024
300
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Barnes$853.0MDickenson$850.5MRoscommon$853.7MDickinson$853.8MKing William$849.9MTaylor$853.9M
The read

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.
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