County profile
Tift County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1033 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,678
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,082
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,254
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$53.3k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
21.0%±2.3%
Poverty rate
20.8%±2.9%
Business applications
614 · 2025
Retail establishments
233
55.4/10k 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 care25%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation18%
Wholesale trade13%
Transportation12%
Manufacturing12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,254
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $50.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+123
International migration+403
Natural change+334
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.7B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$165.2k±$12.7k
Median gross rent
$777/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
11.9%±1.8%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$20.1M
177 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 86Lightning 81Tornado 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2742016
2732017
2862018
2952019
3092020
3322021
3862022
4192023
4432024
4512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 20211772021
2342022
1982023
1762024
1772025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
NS
Nearest port
157.9 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
64.0 km
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Tift?
Tift's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.