County profile
Fayette County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#2142 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$698.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,784
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
409
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,533
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$59.3k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
16.0%±2.5%
Poverty rate
17.9%±2.8%
Business applications
198 · 2025
Retail establishments
73
31.0/10k 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%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation19%
Other services7%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,533
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+656
International migration+78
Natural change−563
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$585.1M2019
$573.1M2020
$623.7M2021
$652.8M2022
$679.2M2023
$698.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$130.7k±$10.4k
Median gross rent
$791/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±2.6%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$4.0M
16 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 68Landslide 65Strong wind 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1482016
1562017
1512018
1622019
1712020
1952021
2232022
2482023
2602024
2702025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 2021272021
182022
142023
202024
162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
65.8 km
CHEVRON U.S.A.
Nearest commercial airport
69.5 km
DELAWARE COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fayette?
Fayette's economy produced $698.2M in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 65% 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.