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Aiken

United States · GDP 2024
#429 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$10.4B
GDP growth
+5.8%
Jobs tracked
54,369
Employers
3,067
Avg. wage
$60.7k
Population
181,515
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$70.6k±$2.5k
Business applications
2,616 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Security Federal CorporationFinancial Services———2Equitech International CorporationTechnology———

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
Admin & support27%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade17%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation14%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
181,515
residents · 2025 · +7.3% since 2020
Income per capita $56.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+11,923
International migration+1,198
Natural change−871

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$7.5B
2019
$7.6B
2020
$8.0B
2021
$8.8B
2022
$9.8B
2023
$10.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$218.0k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±1.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
1,959 (10.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
84.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 92Lightning 90Hurricane 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
376
2016
383
2017
407
2018
427
2019
446
2020
498
2021
590
2022
658
2023
670
2024
720
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.9 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
AIKR
Nearest port
148.6 km
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT
Nearest commercial airport
36.0 km
AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
10-KSecurity Federal Corporation03-20
8-KSecurity Federal Corporation01-30
10-QSecurity Federal Corporation11-10
8-KSecurity Federal Corporation10-29
8-KSecurity Federal Corporation08-22
10-QSecurity Federal Corporation08-12
8-KSecurity Federal Corporation07-30
8-KSecurity Federal Corporation05-13
10-QSecurity Federal Corporation05-09
8-KSecurity Federal Corporation04-30
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$60.7k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hampshire$10.4BHendricks$10.4BMedina$10.4BKenosha$10.4BSt. Mary's$10.4BUlster$10.5B
The read

Aiken's economy produced $10.4B in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is admin & support.

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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