Jones County, Georgia
Demographics & Population
Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 · 5-Year Estimates
Household Income
Population Profile
Educational Attainment
Employment Overview
- Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 15.8 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.
Economy & Industry
Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW · Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Largest sector: Retail Trade employs 516 workers (28.6% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $26,063.
- Economic scale: Regional GDP of $651M (2024).
- Wage stratification: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services averages $84,319 while Retail Trade averages $26,063, a 3.2x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.
EP customers get year-over-year deltas, WARN notices, and SEC filings for every sector tracked above, surfaced as proactive alerts, not after-the-fact news.
Industry Concentration
Location Quotient measures regional specialization vs. national average. LQ > 1.0 = concentrated.
Cluster Depth
Attraction Opportunities
- Top specialization: Forestry and Logging concentrates at 27.29x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.
- Cluster depth: 8 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base rather than reliance on a single employer or sector.
Housing & Affordability
Census ACS · HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026
Housing Overview
HUD Fair Market Rents
- Affordable market: Home value to income ratio of 2.6x is well below the ~4.1x national average; supports talent attraction and family settlement narratives.
- High home ownership: 83.6% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
- Broadly affordable rents: All 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom tiers sit below the 30%-of-median-income affordability threshold (~$1,888/mo), a clear cost-of-living advantage for workforce attraction.
Workforce Pipeline
Labor force readiness, commuting, and workforce composition
Labor Market Overview
Education & Talent Pipeline
Aging Workforce
Workforce by Occupation
- Succession risk is real: 23.4% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
- Talent pipeline: 6 regional institutions feed the workforce; the top three combined produce 31,835 annual credentials.
AI Insights
AI-assisted analysis, drawn from 9 federal data sources
Jones County shows strong potential for forestry and logging attraction, with a 27.29x concentration and 34 jobs in this sub-sector. It ranks in the top decile nationally. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 23.4% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.
The interconnected base across forestry and logging, nursing and residential care facilities, and heavy and civil engineering construction creates supply-chain attraction leverage rather than single-employer risk, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.
Industry Shift Analysis
Prospect Match Scores
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Frequently Asked Questions
Key economic and demographic figures for Jones County, Georgia, from federal data sources.
What is the population of Jones County, Georgia?
28,673 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates).
What is the median household income in Jones County, Georgia?
$75,500 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Jones County, Georgia?
3.4% (2025 annual average, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS).
What is the GDP of Jones County, Georgia?
$651M (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP1).