County profile
Ware County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1324 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,693
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
890
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,906
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$47.4k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
14.4%±2.1%
Poverty rate
21.5%±3.1%
Business applications
453 · 2025
Retail establishments
185
50.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1FSBH Corp.Financial Services$13.7M——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 trade22%
Food & accommodation18%
Transportation15%
Manufacturing15%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,906
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $41.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+705
International migration+436
Natural change−458
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$109.5k±$13.9k
Median gross rent
$789/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
18.7%±2.4%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$11.0M
119 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 88Wildfire 74Earthquake 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2262016
2352017
2472018
2612019
2632020
2982021
3512022
3962023
4252024
4722025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 148% since 2021482021
622022
492023
502024
1192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.2 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
10.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
84.6 km
GEORGIA PORT AUTHORITY COLONEL'S ISLAND TERMINAL WHARVES
Nearest commercial airport
86.8 km
VALDOSTA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ware?
Ware's economy produced $1.9B 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.