County profile
Wayne County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#1438 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+11.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,669
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
639
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,481
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$53.4k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
16.2%±2.4%
Poverty rate
21.3%±3.6%
Business applications
483 · 2025
Retail establishments
123
38.3/10k 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%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction14%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,481
residents · 2025 · +7.7% since 2020
Income per capita $41.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,501
International migration+294
Natural change−528
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$162.8k±$17.5k
Median gross rent
$846/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±2.9%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$22.5M
102 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 89Earthquake 64Wildfire 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1622016
1662017
1732018
1782019
1842020
2012021
2462022
2622023
2722024
2862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 20211192021
1442022
1302023
1652024
1022025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.9 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
51.2 km
GEORGIA POWER CO MCMANUS ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OIL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
53.8 km
BRUNSWICK GOLDEN ISLES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.9k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wayne?
Wayne's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 11.9% year over year — faster than 94% 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.