County profile
Wilcox County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2872 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$218.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
533
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
82
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,797
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$54.1k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
15.4%±2.5%
Poverty rate
21.9%±3.7%
Business applications
93 · 2025
Retail establishments
23
25.9/10k 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 care35%
Agriculture25%
Retail trade18%
Finance & insurance12%
Other services5%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,797
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $36.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+310
International migration−7
Natural change−296
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$161.8M2019
$147.3M2020
$165.7M2021
$197.2M2022
$198.6M2023
$218.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$87.6k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$610/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
24.5%±4.4%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
13.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 80Hurricane 77Heat wave 45
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2022
1102013
1122014
1122015
1142016
1212017
1152018
1242019
1212020
1392021
1472022
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.7 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
HOG
Nearest port
197.1 km
GEORGIA POWER CO MCMANUS ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OIL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
82.6 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wilcox?
Wilcox's economy produced $218.6M in 2024, growing 10.1% year over year — faster than 91% 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.