County profile
Fayette County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2055 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$770.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,556
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
477
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,790
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$60.9k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
17.2%±2.7%
Poverty rate
15.5%±2.6%
Business applications
175 · 2025
Retail establishments
73
34.8/10k 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 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
$590.3M2019
$568.3M2020
$661.4M2021
$749.5M2022
$782.8M2023
$770.4M2024
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
$1.0M
3 units · 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
2172016
2212017
2172018
2292019
2332020
2492021
2622022
3002023
3232024
3112025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202132021
52022
32023
22024
32025
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
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What is the GDP of Fayette?
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.