County profile
Fayette County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1789 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,706
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
524
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,047
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$60.2k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.7%±1.9%
Poverty rate
12.0%±2.0%
Business applications
144 · 2025
Retail establishments
95
49.7/10k 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 care27%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing17%
Education13%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,047
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−211
International migration+74
Natural change−254
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$758.6M2019
$753.5M2020
$862.0M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$136.8k±$12.0k
Median gross rent
$881/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±1.9%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$7.5M
30 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Hail 82Strong wind 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1882016
1982017
2092018
2112019
2132020
2312021
2482022
2682023
2672024
2992025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 30% since 2021232021
272022
122023
112024
302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.0 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
19.8 km
CN
Nearest port
57.6 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MCGREGOR RIVER TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.7 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fayette?
Fayette's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 6.7% year over year — faster than most 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.