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County profile

Wheeler

United States · GDP 2024
#2962 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$159.6M
GDP growth
+1.0%
Jobs tracked
607
Employers
52
Avg. wage
$42.8k
Population
7,570
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$40.5k±$12.1k
Business applications
48 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Agriculture52%
Retail trade21%
Transportation15%
Health care6%
Construction3%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,570
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $26.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+149
International migration−1
Natural change−51

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$106.2M
2019
$109.2M
2020
$135.2M
2021
$137.2M
2022
$158.0M
2023
$159.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$88.2k±$20.3k
Median gross rent
$581/mo±$204/mo
Vacancy rate
33.7%±5.8%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
0 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
6.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 72Heat wave 47Drought 46

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.3 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
5.2 km
HOG
Nearest port
147.8 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
107.9 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jackson$159.4MTensas$160.0MWayne$160.3MLee$160.5MSherman$157.7MSanborn$157.6M
The read

Wheeler's economy produced $159.6M in 2024, growing 1.0% year over year — slower than 76% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is agriculture.

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.
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