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Fayette

United States · GDP 2024
#2055 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$770.4M
GDP growth
-1.6%
Jobs tracked
4,556
Employers
477
Avg. wage
$42.8k
Population
20,790
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$60.9k±$3.8k
Business applications
175 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 trade25%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade9%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,790
residents · 2025 · -3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−405
International migration+26
Natural change−282

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$590.3M
2019
$568.3M
2020
$661.4M
2021
$749.5M
2022
$782.8M
2023
$770.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$130.7k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$798/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
11.3%±1.9%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
3 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
48.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 86Drought 74Landslide 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
217
2016
221
2017
217
2018
229
2019
233
2020
249
2021
262
2022
300
2023
323
2024
311
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
95.2 km
Phillips66, Wood River Refinery, Dock No. 4.
Nearest commercial airport
76.6 km
MOUNT VERNON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fentress$769.0MJackson$772.1MPend Oreille$767.7MArchuleta$773.2MBig Horn$767.5MFranklin$773.3M
The read

Fayette's economy produced $770.4M in 2024, contracting 1.6% year over year — slower than 84% 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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