County profile
Stephens County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1549 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,799
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
539
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,854
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$54.8k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
15.1%±1.8%
Poverty rate
15.8%±2.3%
Business applications
344 · 2025
Retail establishments
104
37.7/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Retail trade22%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation11%
Education7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,854
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $49.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,530
International migration+115
Natural change−636
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$948.0M2019
$981.3M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.3k±$13.7k
Median gross rent
$820/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
14.8%±2.4%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$6.2M
36 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 76Earthquake 72Hail 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1212016
1162017
1302018
1372019
1422020
1642021
1902022
1982023
2132024
2332025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 125% since 2021162021
262022
242023
542024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.6 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
HRT
Nearest port
143.9 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
67.3 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Stephens?
Stephens's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most 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.