County profile
Washington County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1962 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$866.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,362
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
342
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,453
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$46.0k±$6.8k
Bachelor's degree+
16.9%±2.9%
Poverty rate
17.2%±3.4%
Business applications
308 · 2025
Retail establishments
68
34.5/10k 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 care23%
Manufacturing19%
Retail trade18%
Mining & energy17%
Transportation14%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,453
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $47.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−26
International migration+85
Natural change−557
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$655.7M2019
$666.3M2020
$711.2M2021
$857.4M2022
$843.4M2023
$866.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$112.5k±$8.1k
Median gross rent
$858/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±3.0%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$29.0M
99 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$999/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 87Hurricane 74Earthquake 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1722016
1712017
1632018
1802019
1932020
2012021
2262022
2462023
2872024
2552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 20211152021
12022
622023
482024
992025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.7 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
SAN
Nearest port
178.5 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
85.5 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $866.8M in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 66% 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.