County profile
Sumter County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1652 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,665
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
624
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,801
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$42.7k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±2.5%
Poverty rate
23.7%±3.6%
Business applications
384 · 2025
Retail establishments
130
44.7/10k 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
Health care38%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support5%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,801
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $46.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−679
International migration+206
Natural change−200
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$120.2k±$14.7k
Median gross rent
$857/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
18.7%±3.1%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$8.3M
36 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Hurricane 81Heat wave 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1592016
1662017
1702018
1702019
1792020
1922021
2192022
2392023
2452024
2842025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 44% since 2021252021
1032022
232023
392024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
HOG
Nearest port
208.9 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
56.0 km
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Sumter?
Sumter's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, contracting 2.2% year over year — slower than 86% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.