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Macon

United States · GDP 2024
#485 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.1B
GDP growth
+2.9%
Jobs tracked
42,511
Employers
2,241
Avg. wage
$67.1k
Population
99,300
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$62.7k±$2.1k
Business applications
1,107 · 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
Health care29%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
99,300
residents · 2025 · -4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $61.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,803
International migration+836
Natural change−1,504

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$6.8B
2019
$6.8B
2020
$7.6B
2021
$8.0B
2022
$8.8B
2023
$9.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.3k±$4.3k
Median gross rent
$847/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±1.3%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
38 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
83.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 91Heat wave 90Earthquake 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
143
2016
143
2017
143
2018
148
2019
151
2020
161
2021
180
2022
195
2023
207
2024
218
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$67.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jackson$9.1BBonneville$9.1BBlount$9.1BMissoula$9.1BCache$9.1BAlamance$9.0B
The read

Macon's economy produced $9.1B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% 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.
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