County profile
Fayette County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#514 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
49,527
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,995
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
125,156
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$112.0k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
49.9%±1.9%
Poverty rate
5.6%±0.8%
Business applications
3,217 · 2025
Retail establishments
445
35.7/10k 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
Health care26%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation22%
Other services10%
Wholesale trade10%
Manufacturing10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
125,156
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $81.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,002
International migration+1,718
Natural change−981
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.7B2019
$5.8B2020
$6.4B2021
$7.3B2022
$7.9B2023
$8.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$436.4k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$87/mo
Vacancy rate
4.0%±0.9%
Affordability
7.7× wages
Residential permits
$168.0M
435 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 87Tornado 81Hail 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3252016
3472017
3682018
3862019
3992020
4442021
5382022
5772023
6132024
6182025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -43% since 20217622021
5752022
3542023
3232024
4352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.8 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
8.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
194.4 km
GOLD KIST, GUNTERSVILLE FEED MILL DOCK(CORN)
Nearest commercial airport
25.7 km
HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fayette?
Fayette's economy produced $8.3B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.