Madison County, Georgia

• Income gap: Households earn meaningfully less than the national median, which directly affects retail demand, housing absorption, and tax base.
• Elevated poverty: At 17.2%, the rate is in distressed-county territory and supports federal funding narratives (CDFI, NMTC, EDA).
• Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 14.6 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.

• Largest sector: Retail Trade employs 522 workers (25.2% of the top displayed sectors), at an average wage of $28,054.
• Wage stratification: Information averages $86,357 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $18,016, a 4.8x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Gasoline Stations and Fuel Dealers concentrates at 4.19x the national norm, strong concentration that anchors the local economy and supports supply-chain attraction strategy.
• Cluster depth: 10 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base rather than reliance on a single employer or sector.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 3.5x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 76.9% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 10.3% vacancy rate; potential opportunity for redevelopment or repositioning.
• Affordable rent tiers: 3 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom tiers sit below the 30%-of-median-income affordability threshold (~$1,549/mo).

• Strong participation: 80.0% labor force participation among working-age residents indicates an engaged, available workforce.
• Talent pipeline: 6 local institutions feed the workforce; the top three combined produce 31,835 annual credentials.

Madison County shows meaningful potential for gasoline stations and fuel dealers attraction, with a 4.19x concentration and 114 jobs in this sub-sector.

The interconnected base across gasoline stations and fuel dealers, fabricated metal product manufacturing, and creates supply-chain attraction leverage rather than single-employer risk, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.

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