County profile
Fulton County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#1115 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,419
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,119
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
52,216
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$66.5k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±1.6%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.9%
Business applications
377 · 2025
Retail establishments
184
35.3/10k 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 trade20%
Manufacturing19%
Transportation17%
Food & accommodation10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
52,216
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $56.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+437
International migration+142
Natural change−1,456
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.1k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$912/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
18.9%±1.7%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$27.7M
85 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 64Ice storm 62Winter weather 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2592016
2632017
2782018
2952019
2982020
3372021
3862022
4222023
4302024
4762025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 21% since 2021702021
642022
1362023
602024
852025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
18.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
71.8 km
Albany Port District, NY
Nearest commercial airport
64.6 km
ALBANY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.7k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fulton?
Fulton's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 4.3% 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.