County profile
Wilkinson County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2271 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$603.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-13.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,543
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
143
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,650
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$45.5k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
12.3%±2.4%
Poverty rate
21.6%±3.2%
Business applications
106 · 2025
Retail establishments
20
23.0/10k 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
Mining & energy31%
Construction21%
Admin & support14%
Manufacturing13%
Transportation13%
Retail trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,650
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3
International migration+8
Natural change−196
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$565.2M2019
$576.8M2020
$689.7M2021
$774.0M2022
$699.3M2023
$603.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$86.3k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$825/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
19.3%±4.1%
Affordability
1.5× wages
Residential permits
$4.5M
18 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 63Drought 63Heat wave 45
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1152016
1192017
1092018
1272019
1252020
1442021
1892022
1822023
2182024
2242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 200% since 202162021
02022
02023
02024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.4 km
I-16
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
NS
Nearest port
202.3 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
46.4 km
MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +40% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wilkinson?
Wilkinson's economy produced $603.6M in 2024, contracting 13.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.